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Sorbonne Université

Overview

Sorbonne Université is one of France’s leading research-intensive universities, formed in 2018 through the merger of Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV) and Pierre et Marie Curie University (UPMC / Paris VI). It is a founding and governing member of Paris Brain Institute, alongside CNRS Open Science, Inserm Open Science, and AP-HP. Sorbonne Université hosts the Faculty of Medicine (Pitié-Salpêtrière) and the Faculty of Science and Engineering, making it central to the clinical and scientific ecosystem within which ICM operates.

With 55,000+ students and 6,000+ researchers as of 2024, Sorbonne Université is one of France’s largest research-intensive universities. It holds a strong open science policy commitment formalised in its strategic plan.

Open Science Policy

Sorbonne Université has one of the most formalised open science commitments among French universities, built across four areas.

Open access to publications. The commitment was formalised in 2019 with the Sorbonne University Charter for Open Access to Publications, requiring deposit of all publications in the HAL Sorbonne University portal. By early 2023, the university had passed 100,000 full-text articles deposited in HAL-Sorbonne, supported by dedicated staff in the Publications and Open Access department of the Sorbonne University Library. Sorbonne Université was a co-signatory of the Appel de Jussieu in 2017, calling for diamond open access publishing models.

Research assessment reform. In February 2021, Sorbonne Université adopted an internal policy for promoting open science in the evaluation of research, explicitly asking that open access publication, open data, and other open science actions be weighted in internal assessments alongside content quality. Building on this, the university signed DORA in April 2022 and CoARA in November 2022.

Research data management. Institutional DMP support is provided via OPIDoR, with Recherche Data Gouv recommended for data deposit. The Sorbonne University Library offers training on DMPs, data sharing practices, and FAIR principles.

Research integrity. Sorbonne Université aligns with the ALLEA European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity and maintains designated referents for scientific integrity, ethics, and open science acting in a coordinated manner.

Relationship to Paris Brain Institute

Sorbonne Université is one of ICM’s five founding and supervising institutions:

  • Provides academic affiliation for all ICM research staff
  • Co-governs ICM alongside CNRS, Inserm, AP-HP, and the ICM Foundation
  • Faculty of Medicine (Saint-Antoine and Pitié-Salpêtrière campuses) provides the hospital partnership base for clinical research at ICM
  • Masters and doctoral programmes in neuroscience and clinical research train ICM’s next generation of researchers

Key Research Structures

  • Paris Brain Institute covers brain and spine neuroscience.
  • Institut de Myologie covers neuromuscular diseases.
  • APHP.Sorbonne Université is the clinical research partnership with AP-HP.
  • Multiple joint CNRS/Inserm UMR units are hosted at Sorbonne Université campuses.

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