Private company

Centre pour la communication scientifique directe

Logo: Ccsd fr, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

Organization in France promoting open access to research

The Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe (CCSD) is a French organization of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) devoted to the development of the open access repositories HAL, TEL and MediHal, the web platform Episciences and the web platform Sciencesconf. It is involved in the international open access movement.2 It was founded in 2000.1 It is part of National Center for Scientific Research.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2000Founded1

The Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe (CCSD) is a French organization of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) devoted to the development of the open access repositories HAL, TEL and MediHal, the web platform Episciences and the web platform Sciencesconf. It is involved in the international open access movement.2

Corporate structure

Centre pour la communication scientifique directe is part of a group headed by National Center for Scientific Research. 609 entities, 12 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Centre pour la communication scientifique directe reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • HAL

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Also owns

  • HAL

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 2000Acquired Acquired by National Center for Scientific Research1
  2. 2000Founded Founded1