diff --git a/explore/angular.json b/explore/angular.json
index 0a6cc22b..bce9196c 100644
--- a/explore/angular.json
+++ b/explore/angular.json
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
             "assets": [
               "src/assets",
               "src/robots.txt",
+              "src/OpenSearchDescriptor",
               {
                 "glob": "**/*",
                 "input": "src/sitemaps",
@@ -167,6 +168,7 @@
             "assets": [
               "src/assets",
               "src/robots.txt",
+              "src/OpenSearchDescriptor",
               {
                 "glob": "**/*",
                 "input": "src/sitemaps",
diff --git a/explore/package.json b/explore/package.json
index 27acc8f4..04211706 100644
--- a/explore/package.json
+++ b/explore/package.json
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@
     "webpack:server": "webpack --config webpack.server.config.js --progress --colors",
     "serve:prerender": "cd dist/browser && http-server",
     "serve:ssr": "node dist/server",
-    "after-build-clean":  "rm -rf src node_modules  .idea/ installOpenaireLib.sh deploy dist/browser/assets/common-assets/.svn/ dist/browser/stats.json ; "
-
+    "after-build-clean": "rm -rf src node_modules  .idea/ installOpenaireLib.sh deploy dist/browser/assets/common-assets/.svn/ dist/browser/stats.json ; "
   },
   "private": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/explore/src/OpenSearchDescriptor b/explore/src/OpenSearchDescriptor
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0802e5a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/explore/src/OpenSearchDescriptor
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+    <OpenSearchDescription>
+        <ShortName>OpenAIRE Explore</ShortName>
+        <Description>Search in OpenAIRE Explore for scholarly works</Description>
+        <InputEncoding>UTF-8</InputEncoding>
+        <Tags>OpenAIRE</Tags>
+        <Contact>https://www.openaire.eu/support/helpdesk</Contact>
+        <Url type="text/html" template="https://explore.openaire.eu/search/find">
+            <Param name="fv0" value="{searchTerms}"/>
+            <Param name="f0" value="q"/>
+        </Url>
+        <Image height="16" width="16" type="image/x-icon">
+        https://explore.openaire.eu/assets/common-assets/logo/favicon.ico
+        </Image>
+    </OpenSearchDescription>
diff --git a/explore/src/environments/environment.beta.ts b/explore/src/environments/environment.beta.ts
index 9a4719ca..6ea251cf 100644
--- a/explore/src/environments/environment.beta.ts
+++ b/explore/src/environments/environment.beta.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export let properties: EnvProperties = {
   framesAPIURL: "https://beta.openaire.eu/stats3/",
   statisticsAPIURL: "https://beta.services.openaire.eu/stats-api/",
   statisticsFrameAPIURL: "https://beta.openaire.eu/stats/",
-  statisticsFrameNewAPIURL: "https://stats.madgik.di.uoa.gr/stats-api/",
+  statisticsFrameNewAPIURL: "https://beta.services.openaire.eu/stats-tool/",
   useNewStatistisTool: true,
   claimsAPIURL: "https://beta.services.openaire.eu/claims/rest/claimsService/",
   searchAPIURLLAst: "https://beta.services.openaire.eu/search/v2/api/",
diff --git a/explore/src/environments/environment.prod.ts b/explore/src/environments/environment.prod.ts
index c9a93b7b..f08ad24c 100644
--- a/explore/src/environments/environment.prod.ts
+++ b/explore/src/environments/environment.prod.ts
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ export let properties: EnvProperties = {
   framesAPIURL: "https://www.openaire.eu/stats3/",
   statisticsAPIURL: "https://beta.services.openaire.eu/stats-api/",
   statisticsFrameAPIURL: "https://www.openaire.eu/stats/",
-  statisticsFrameNewAPIURL: "https://services.openaire.eu/stats/",
-  useNewStatistisTool: false,
+  statisticsFrameNewAPIURL: "https://services.openaire.eu/stats-tool/",
+  useNewStatistisTool: true,
   claimsAPIURL: "https://services.openaire.eu/claims/rest/claimsService/",
   searchAPIURLLAst: "https://services.openaire.eu/search/v2/api/",
   searchResourcesAPIURL: "https://services.openaire.eu/search/v2/api/resources",
diff --git a/explore/src/index.beta.html b/explore/src/index.beta.html
index 06ea7a43..5a792a2e 100644
--- a/explore/src/index.beta.html
+++ b/explore/src/index.beta.html
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html lang="en" dir="ltr" vocab="http://schema.org/">
    <head>
+      <link rel="search"
+            type="application/opensearchdescription+xml"
+            title="OpenAIRE Explore"
+            href="./OpenSearchDescriptor">
       <meta charset="utf-8">
       <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
       <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
diff --git a/explore/src/index.html b/explore/src/index.html
index 06ea7a43..5a792a2e 100644
--- a/explore/src/index.html
+++ b/explore/src/index.html
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html lang="en" dir="ltr" vocab="http://schema.org/">
    <head>
+      <link rel="search"
+            type="application/opensearchdescription+xml"
+            title="OpenAIRE Explore"
+            href="./OpenSearchDescriptor">
       <meta charset="utf-8">
       <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
       <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
diff --git a/explore/src/index.prod.html b/explore/src/index.prod.html
index 9f1e0b80..a69998bc 100644
--- a/explore/src/index.prod.html
+++ b/explore/src/index.prod.html
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html lang="en" dir="ltr" vocab="http://schema.org/">
    <head>
+      <link rel="search"
+            type="application/opensearchdescription+xml"
+            title="OpenAIRE Explore"
+            href="./OpenSearchDescriptor">
       <meta charset="utf-8">
       <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
       <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
diff --git a/explore/src/sitemaps/sitemap.xml b/explore/src/sitemaps/sitemap.xml
index c86ca2bc..c1fbdd2f 100644
--- a/explore/src/sitemaps/sitemap.xml
+++ b/explore/src/sitemaps/sitemap.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
    </url>
 
    <url>
-      <loc>https://explore.openaire.eu/search/find/research-outcomes?qf=true&amp;amp;size=20</loc>
+      <loc>https://explore.openaire.eu/search/find/research-outcomes?qf=true&amp;size=20</loc>
    </url>
 
    <url>
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
    </url>
 
    <url>
-      <loc>https://explore.openaire.eu/search/find/research-outcomes?f0=q&amp;amp;fv0=&amp;size=10&amp;sortBy=&amp;resultbestaccessright=%22Open%20Access%22&amp;type=publications&amp;qf=true&amp;size=20</loc>
+      <loc>https://explore.openaire.eu/search/find/research-outcomes?f0=q&amp;fv0=&amp;size=10&amp;sortBy=&amp;resultbestaccessright=%22Open%20Access%22&amp;type=publications&amp;qf=true&amp;size=20</loc>
    </url>
 
    <url>