Welcome to OpenAthens

OpenAthens is a leader in authentication, making secure, remote access to resources simple and reliable for organizations worldwide.

With 30 years' experience and trusted by academic, healthcare, and corporate research institutions, we provide dedicated solutions for librarians and publishers. By removing barriers to knowledge, we enable seamless, single sign-on (SSO) – meeting your users where their journey begins.

OpenAthens 30th birthday gold embossed logo

  • We’re SSO pioneers with 30 years in the business
  • Transfers to resources 5 billion and counting
  • Trusted by 3,000+ libraries worldwide
  • Used in over 80 countries

Library products

OpenAthens Connect

Core-featured, only the essentials – coming soon.

Publisher products

Who we work with

 

Collection of customer logos: GALILEO, Springer Nature, Universiti Teknologi Petronas, University of Melbourne, The Open University, Aston University, Thammasat, Universiti Sains Malaysia, BMJ

Collection of customer logos: IOP Publishing, University of Leeds, EBSCO, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Grwp Llandrillo Menai, Coleg Cambria, Florida Virtual Campus Library, Silverchair