Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics
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The Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (or SCOAP3) is an international collaboration in the high-energy physics community to convert traditional closed access physics journals to open access,{{cite book|author1=Bill Cope|author2=Angus Phillips|title=The Future of the Academic Journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3p7_AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA242|date=1 July 2014|publisher=Elsevier Science|isbn=978-1-78063-464-7|pages=242–}} freely available for everyone to read and reuse, shifting away the burden of the publishing cost from readers (traditional model) and authors (in the case of hybrid open access journals). Under the terms of the agreement, authors retain copyrights and the articles published under SCOAP3 will be in perpetuity under a CC BY license.{{cite journal|last1=Mele|first1=Salvatore|last2=Morrison|first2=Heather|last3=D'Agostino|first3=Dan|last4=Dyas-Correia|first4=Sharon|title=SCOAP3 and Open Access|journal=Serials Review|volume=35|issue=4|year=2013|pages=264–271|issn=0098-7913|doi=10.1080/00987913.2009.10765254|s2cid=62139397 }} The initiative was promoted by CERN in collaboration with international partners.{{cite report |author=Yeomans, Joanne|date=11 January 2006 |title=Colloquium on Open Access (OA) Publishing in Particle Physics, 7-8 December 2005, CERN : minutes |url=https://cds.cern.ch/record/920982 |publisher=CERN |docket=CERN-OPEN-2006-003}}{{cite report |author=Rüdiger Voss|date=22 June 2006 |title=Report of the task force on open access publishing in particle physics |url=https://cds.cern.ch/record/966160 |publisher=CERN |isbn=9789290832744 }}{{cite conference |url=https://cds.cern.ch/record/986997 |title=From preprints to Open Access journals |last1=Aymar |first1=Robert |author-link1=Robert Aymar|date=27 September 2006 |location=Oxford |conference=Moving Towards Open Access: A JISC Conference for Research Funders, Authors, Publishers and Librarians}}{{cite journal|last1=Mele|first1=Salvatore|last2=Dallman|first2=David|last3=Vigen|first3=Jens|last4=Yeomans|first4=Joanne|title=Quantitative analysis of the publishing landscape in high-energy physics|journal=Journal of High Energy Physics|volume=2006|issue=12|year=2006|pages=S01|issn=1029-8479|doi=10.1088/1126-6708/2006/12/S01|bibcode=2006JHEP...12S.001M|arxiv=cs/0611130|s2cid=749498 }}{{cite report |author1=Dallman, David Peter |author2=Mele, S |author3=Vigen, Jens |author4=Voss, Rüdiger |author5=Yeomans, Joanne |date=21 October 2006 |title= Establishing a consortium for Open Access (OA) publishing in particle physics |url=https://cds.cern.ch/record/991112 |publisher=CERN |docket=CERN-OPEN-2006-063}}{{cite report |author=Bianco, Stefano |display-authors=etal |date=19 April 2004 |title=Towards Open Access Publishing in High Energy Physics : Report of the SCOAP3 Working Party |url=https://cds.cern.ch/record/1034368 |publisher=CERN |docket=CERN-OPEN-2007-015}}{{cite journal|last1=Aymar|first1=Robert|title=Scholarly Communication in High-Energy Physics: Past, Present and Future Innovations|journal=European Review|volume=17|issue=1|year=2009|pages=33–51|issn=1062-7987|doi=10.1017/S1062798709000556|doi-access=free}}{{cite journal|last1=Heuer|first1=Rolf-Dieter|last2=Holtkamp|first2=Annette|last3=Mele|first3=Salvatore|last4=de Kemp|first4=Arnoud|title=Innovation in scholarly communication: Vision and projects from High-Energy Physics|journal=Information Services & Use|volume=28|issue=2|year=2008|pages=83–96|issn=1875-8789|doi=10.3233/ISU-2008-0570|bibcode=2008arXiv0805.2739H|arxiv=0805.2739|s2cid=19561136 }}
Participating countries in the agreement sponsor SCOAP3 journals through the consortium, and contribute according to their scientific output. More productive countries pay more, while lower-output countries pay less.
Participating journals
SCOAP3 supports journals mostly publishing High-Energy Physics content fully, and those articles in other journals that have been submitted by their authors to a High-Energy Physics category on arXiv.org.{{cite web |url=http://scoap3.org/scoap3journals |title=SCOAP3 Journals |work=scoap3.org}} Each year more than 4,000 articles are published in open access as part of the initiative.{{Cite web|url=http://repo.scoap3.org/|title=SCOAP3 Repository|website=repo.scoap3.org|language=en|access-date=2018-12-02}}
In 2012, SCOAP3 reached agreements with 12 subscription journals to make their articles openly accessible. This agreement would cover 90% of all published particle physics articles from 2014 onwards.{{Cite journal|last=Van Noorden|first=Richard|date=2012-09-24|title=Open-access deal for particle physics|journal=Nature|language=en|volume=489|issue=7417|pages=486|doi=10.1038/489486a|pmid=23018944|bibcode=2012Natur.489..486V|s2cid=256744617 |doi-access=free}}{{Cite journal|last=Van Noorden|first=Richard|date=2014-01-07|title=Particle-physics papers set free|journal=Nature|language=en|volume=505|issue=7482|pages=141|doi=10.1038/505141a|pmid=24402260|bibcode=2014Natur.505..141V|doi-access=free}} Of the original 12 journals, two journals pulled out of the agreement: Physical Review C and Physical Review D.
{{cite web|title=SCOAP3 Journals: APCs and articles|url=http://scoap3.org/scoap3journals/journals-apc|publisher=SCOAP3|access-date=2014-09-15}}{{cite web|title=Summary of Executive Board discussion and actions on Open Access and SCOAP3 at June 18/19, 2013 meeting|url=http://www.aps.org/about/governance/executive/openaccess.cfm|publisher=American Physical Society|access-date=2014-09-11}}
On April 19, 2016, SCOAP3 announced the extension of the initiative until 2019 with 8 journals participating.{{Cite web|url=https://scoap3.org/scoap3-initiative-extended-for-three-more-years/|title=SCOAP3 initiative extended for three more years – SCOAP3|website=scoap3.org|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-02}} From 2018 on also APS joined with three journals to a total of 11 supported journals at the moment.{{Cite web|url=https://scoap3.org/aps_joins_scoap3/|title=APS to join SCOAP3 from 2018 – SCOAP3|website=scoap3.org|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-02}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.aps.org/newsroom/pressreleases/scoap3.cfm|title=APS and CERN Sign an Open Access Agreement for SCOAP3|website=www.aps.org|language=en|access-date=2018-12-02}}
The following journals participate currently, or have participated in the first phase of the consortia:
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|+ !journal !journal abbreviation !publisher !phase I participation{{Cite web|url=https://scoap3.org/journals-phase1/|title=SCOAP3 Journals 2014-2016 – SCOAP3|website=scoap3.org|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-02}} !phase II participation{{Cite web|url=https://scoap3.org/phase2-journals/|title=SCOAP3 Journals 2017-2019 – SCOAP3|website=scoap3.org|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-02}} !phase III participation{{Cite web|url=https://scoap3.org/phase2-journals/|title=SCOAP3 Journals 2020-2022 – SCOAP3|website=scoap3.org|language=en-US|access-date=2021-01-18}} |
| Acta Physica Polonica B
|APPB |Jagiellonian University, Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences |2014 - 2016 |2017 - 2019 |2020 - |
| Advances in High Energy Physics
|AHEP |Hindawi |2014 -2016 |2017 -2019 |2020 - |
| Chinese Physics C
|CPC |Science Press, IOP Publishing |2014 -2016 |2017 -2019 |2020 - |
| European Physical Journal C
|EPJC |Springer |2014 -2016 |2017 -2019 |2020 - |
| Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
|JCAP |IOP Publishing |2014 -2016 | |
| Journal of High Energy Physics
|JHEP |Springer |2014 -2016 |2017 -2019 |2020 - |
| New Journal of Physics
|NJP |IOP Publishing |2014 -2016 | |
| Nuclear Physics B
|NPB |Elsevier |2014 -2016 |2017 -2019 |2020 - |
| Physics Letters B
|PLB |Elsevier |2014 -2016 |2017 -2019 |2020 - |
| Physical Review C
|PRC |American Physical Society | |2018 -2019 |2020 - |
| Physical Review D
|PRD |American Physical Society | |2018 -2019 |2020 - |
| Physical Review Letters
|PRL |American Physical Society | |2018 -2019 |2020 - |
| Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics
|PTEP |Oxford University Press |2014 -2016 |2017 -2019 |2020 - |
Book programme
In 2022 SCOAP3 entered into partnerships with leading academic publishers, including Cambridge University Press,{{Cite web |title=Cambridge University Press makes raft of physics titles available as open access books |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/cambridge-university-press-makes-raft-of-physics-titles-available-as-open-access-books |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=The Bookseller |language=En}} Oxford University Press, Springer Nature, Taylor & Francis, and World Scientific, to make over 100 textbooks available open access.{{Cite web |title=Online library and publication platform |url=https://www.oapen.org/topic/10449907-scoap3-the-sponsoring-consortium-for-open-access-publishing-in-particle-physics |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=www.oapen.org |language=en}}
Members
Countries are usually represented by one or few library consortia, funding agencies or research organizations that act as a coordinator for the country.{{cite book|author1=F. Loizides|author2=B. Schmidt|title=Positioning and Power in Academic Publishing: Players, Agents and Agendas: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Electronic Publishing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lgy3DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA14|date=26 May 2016|publisher=IOS Press|isbn=978-1-61499-649-1|pages=14–}}{{cite book|last1=Söllner|first1=Konstanze|title=Praxishandbuch Open Access|last2=Kutz|first2=Angelika|last3=Mittermaier|first3=Bernhard|chapter=3d. SCOAP3 – Goldener Open Access in der Hochenergiephysik|year=2017|pages=181–189|doi=10.1515/9783110494068-021|editor1-last=Söllner|editor1-first=Konstanze|editor2-last=Mittermaier|editor2-first=Bernhard|isbn=9783110494068}}{{cite book|author1=Anja Oberländer|author2=Torsten Reimer|title=Open Access and the Library|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZxKQDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA101|date=4 April 2019|publisher=MDPI|isbn=978-3-03897-740-7|pages=101–}} Currently, 44 countries as well as 3 intergovernmental organisations (CERN, IAEA, JINR) are members of the consortium.{{cite web |url=http://scoap3.org/participating-countries |title=Current partners |work=scoap3.org}}
References
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Further reading
- [http://press.web.cern.ch/press-releases/2013/12/open-access-publishing-initiative-scoap3-start-1-january-2014 Open Access publishing initiative, SCOAP3, to start on 1 January 2014]
- [http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2014/02/14/scoap3-lifts-off-an-interview-with-ann-okerson/ SCOAP3 Lifts Off: An 8 Interview with Ann Okerson]
- {{cite journal|last1=Kohls |first1=Alexander |last2=Mele |first2=Salvatore |title=Converting the Literature of a Scientific Field to Open Access through Global Collaboration: The Experience of SCOAP3 in Particle Physics|journal=Publications|volume=6|issue=2|year=2018|pages=15|issn=2304-6775|doi=10.3390/publications6020015|doi-access=free}}
External links
- {{Official website|http://scoap3.org/}}
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