All posts by: SCOAP3 Team

We are pleased to announce the publication of the 2026 Open Science Elements evaluation results, the second iteration of this assessment for SCOAP3 Phase 4.  This annual evaluation measures the performance of SCOAP3 publishers across a range of Open Science practices, including persistent identifier integration (ORCiD and ROR), metadata quality, data and software availability, accessibility, […]

SCOAP3 Books is now launching the 2026 program and invites all interested publishers to take part in the evolution of the open access books landscape in high-energy physics. If you wish to participate, we encourage you to apply for Open Access funding for books using the following Form. Submitted books should have already successfully passed […]

The 5th SCOAP3 forum was held on June 18th 2025, delivered in two identical sessions to enable the broadest possible global participation for SCOAP3-communities across all time zones.  This year’s forum was focused on the launch of Phase 4 of SCOAP3, and the introduction of the new open science elements mechanism designed to incentivize participating […]

SCOAP3 is hosting an online Forum on Wednesday, June 18th, 2025. This open event will present the new SCOAP3 contract structure for Phase 4 and the evaluation of Open Science elements included in the new scheme. The Forum also offers an opportunity to ask questions to representatives of the SCOAP3 international governance and the operations […]

In a pioneering move to enhance Open Science practices, SCOAP3 has established a new mechanism for the contractual period 2025-2027 (Phase 4). This new mechanism involves an annual assessment of these elements with publishers’ financial compensation adjusted based on the results. The outcome of this first evaluation can be found here.  This initiative aims to incentivize […]

The SCOAP3 for books program aims to support the open access (OA) publishing of new  (“born-OA”) scientific monographs and textbooks that are relevant to the discipline of high energy physics (i.e. in the field of Physics, Mathematics, Engineering, Instrumentation or Computer Science as related to the high-energy physics community).  Supported by contributions from members of […]

The SCOAP3 initiative to centrally fund open access (OA) to research articles in particle physics at no cost to authors worldwide has been extended for an additional three years, commencing in 2025.  Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, SCOAP3 has funded almost 70,000 OA articles across 11 leading journals in the discipline, funded by the […]

The Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP³) proudly welcomes three new members: Chile, Estonia and Lithuania as new partner countries, further strengthening the global collective action to ensure sustained open access to research information in the discipline of high-energy physics (HEP).  Since 2014, SCOAP³ has served as the exemplary disciplinary model […]

The world’s largest disciplinary open access initiative, the Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP³), has officially launched a new initiative to make books in particle physics and related domains fully open access, under the SCOAP³ for Books program. Since the launch of SCOAP³ in 2014, the transition to open access for […]

Bulgaria is the latest country to join the world’s largest disciplinary open access (OA) program, the Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3). With the inclusion of Bulgaria, the SCOAP3 partnership now includes 45 countries, which through concerted collective action, have achieved full and equitable open access to research in particle physics.  […]