Secure single sign-on made easy. For you and your customers.

With over 25 years experience, we’re leading experts in federated single sign-on services worldwide. We understand the challenges publishers face in delivering access to data and information to those who need it.

Leave all the tricky technical work to us!

World globe

OpenAthens for publishers and service providers

Watch to find out how OpenAthens helps publishers and service providers
Developer on laptop. Technical expertise

Expertise you can rely on

We make it simple and easy for you to provide remote access to your resource or service from any location. Our tailored support solutions will help you with complex technical set-up and systems integration.

Our experts and range of value-added consultancy services can help you improve user experience and support your business goals.

Benefit from our technical expertise
Two people sat around a desk looking at a reporting tool displayed on a laptop

Discover our new reporting tool for publishers

The publisher product dashboard has a brand new reporting functionality available to OpenAthens Keystone customers. The new tool has been designed to collate all federated traffic data to the customer platform, independently of the federation it belongs to. Helping you save time and providing valuable insights for your sales team.

How can our reporting tool help you?

"We expected it to be complex, and that was a benefit of using the consultancy."

John Leopold, software engineering manager, IOP Publishing
Group of people around a table

Global access to your content and services

Our identity federation is the only one in the world that allows membership from any country or sector. Join our 2,600 strong members and expand access to more than 4 million users worldwide in the academic, government, healthcare, pharmaceutical and corporate markets.

Find out more about joining
User experience. People working with laptop.

Keystone single sign-on

Millions of people can potentially benefit from the digital content you’ve created. Your job is to ensure they have the best user experience in accessing it. OpenAthens Keystone gives your customers simple and secure access to your online services, anytime and anywhere.

If you’re looking for a simple solution to federated single sign-on and want to move away from less secure IP-based access, OpenAthens Keystone provides the perfect solution.

Find out more about Keystone
Wayfinder example

Wayfinder organizational discovery service

Researchers’ login experience on most publisher sites is very poor. All too often, they are confronted with numerous login options and too many steps to login.

Our organizational discovery service ‘Wayfinder’ makes single sign-on a piece of cake.  Researchers login simply and securely to access the many online resources their organization subscribes to, whilst keeping their privacy intact.

Get Wayfinder for free

What does good user experience look like?

Publishers, we have some resources that can help educate and advise on how to improve institutional log in user experience.

How can I improve user experience?

We also have an FAQ page dedicated to user experience. Find out what other users are doing and how we can help you.

Browse our user experience FAQ

Publisher and service provider case studies

IOP Publishing

IOP Publishing simplifies and modernises the way it offers federated access to content

Find out more
Two people using a whiteboard

OpenAthens helps leading UK media group open up new UK and international markets

Discover more!
Pediatrics. Female doctor with mother and child.

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): A ‘set and forget’ single sign-on solution

Discover more!
Person thinking

How do I get an OpenAthens account?

Learners or researchers, you will need to speak to the library or information management team at your organization about access to online journals and databases.

Find out more

Get a quote

We will use the contact details you provide to us to send you information about our products and services.

You can opt out of our emails at any time by using the link in the emails and you can view our privacy policy.

All required fields are marked with '*'

  • Current authentication method
  • Have your customers made a request for OpenAthens?
  • How did you hear about OpenAthens?
  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.