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CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, and the ‘host organization’ of SCOAP3 announced today it has signed contracts with 10 leading scientific publishers and learned societies to extend this Open Access initiative for three more years. This was the last step for this unique global Open Access partnership to continue supporting authors worldwide through […]

The SCOAP3 collaboration announces the extension of this Open Access initiative for three more years, from January 2017 through December 2019. Following the success of the first years of operation of SCOAP3, representatives of the 3,000 SCOAP3 partners in 47 countries, ten scholarly publishers and CERN as the host organisation of the collaboration have now […]

SCOAP3 celebrates the publication of its 10,000th Open Access article. Since the start of its operation in 2014, the initiative has supported Open Access publication of High-Energy-Physics articles in 10 high-quality peer-reviewed journals. More than 18,000 scientists from over 90 countries have benefited from this initiative without any financial or administrative burden, retain copyright of […]

SCOAP3 has completed a redesign of its website at http://scoap3.org. The new website architecture highlights information about the SCOAP3 business model and governance structure and provides an up-to-date list of partners in the 44 supporting countries. A refreshed FAQ section reflects the maturity of the operation, now in its third year. Links to webinar recordings […]

SCOAP3 held its second Forum, entitled “The impact of SCOAP3”, on November 18, 2015. The SCOAP3 Executive Committee, joined by several guest speakers, presented on the impact of SCOAP3 for libraries, scientists and funding agencies. A recording of the webinar is now available at http://scoap3.org/scoap3-forum-2015. The video and the accompanying slides provide information on The SCOAP3 business […]

The Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3) started its second year of operation and celebrates the publication of the first 5,000 articles. More than 18,000 scientists from 86 countries have benefited from this Open Access initiative, publishing articles at no direct costs. All these Open Access articles have appeared in high […]

SCOAP3 held a Webinar on November 18, 2014 to outline the achievements to date, discuss the status of the initiative and its future plans. A recording of the webinar is now available at http://scoap3.org/webinar2014. The video and the accompanying slides provide supporting information to libraries, funding agencies and publishers on General introduction and current status […]

SCOAP3 invites you to a webinar on November 18, 2014 to outline the achievements to date, discuss the status of the initiative and its future plans. This webinar is delivered in English and is targeted to both librarians and interested parties in the research community. It will be of particular interest to members of institutions participating in SCOAP3 as […]

Last week SCOAP3 marked the publication of its 3’333rd article, and is now hosting an online conversation on November 18th to discuss its first months of operation. Starting January 2014, SCOAP3 has supported publication of Open Access articles in high-quality peer-reviewed journals in the field of high-energy physics. Articles copyright stays with the authors and […]

The SCOAP3 repository hosts Open Access articles published under the SCOAP3 initiative. It is built on Open Source software and is now open for the community to harvest content through OAI-PMH feeds. It has been recently featured at the Open Repository 2014 conference. The SCOAP3 initiative has converted to Open Access the majority of the literature in High-Energy […]