4 October 2021
SCOAP³ - the Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics - is collaborating with OAPEN as part of its latest open access book initiative. Since the introduction of SCOAP³ in 2012 under the auspices of the European Organization of Nuclear Research (CERN), the transition to open access for scientific articles in particle physics has progressed rapidly. Over 90% of the annually published scientific articles in High-Energy physics have been made free for both readers and authors worldwide.
In 2019 the SCOAP³ Governing Council approved the SCOAP³ for Books initiative to expand the content made available through the program to include academic books in particle physics and neighboring disciplines (including accelerator physics, instrumentation, etc.)
As part of this new collaboration, OAPEN will support SCOAP³ for Books by providing services in the areas of hosting, dissemination, digital preservation, analytics as well as a branded collection.
Over 100 important texts in the discipline will be added to the SCOAP³ for Books collection in the OAPEN Library as they become available.
The SCOAP³ for Books initiative was made possible through partnerships with leading publishers in high-energy physics and is funded through the generous support of hundreds of institutions from within the collaboration. A complete overview can be found here.