The Research Cooperative was established in 2001 as an international, not-for-profit organisation (NPO).

Our mission is to support academic, scientific, and popular research communication in all subjects, languages, and media.

We do this by facilitating contact between all the people involved in research communication: researchers, university students, science writers, technical writers, editors, translators, illustrators, photographers, IT specialists, language service companies, and publishers (academic, scientific, medical, technical and educational; all media).

We welcome volunteers and those seeking to get experience in some aspect of the research publishing process, as well as all professionals involved, and professional companies and networks.