Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3)

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CERN: Free Access To Scientific Journals In Physics In 2014

Maricel Estavillo | Intellectual Property Watch | October 3, 2012

The Geneva-based European Organization for Nuclear Physics (CERN) has collaborated with funding agencies and libraries of 29 countries to make freely available access to otherwise expensive scientific articles in the field of particle physics. Read More »

Open, Sesame

Editorial | The Hindu | November 3, 2012

If in 2004, Nucleic Acids Research made an overnight switch from being a subscription-based journal to an open access (OA) one, 10 years later high-energy physics as a field will make such a shift when nearly 90 per cent of papers published in a dozen journals will become freely accessible. Read More »

Open-Access Journals: A Perspective From Within

Jonathan Carroll | The Conversation | October 1, 2012

There’s an ongoing debate in the world of academic publishing about whether the public should be allowed open access to research publications we all pay for in the first place. Read More »

Post-Berlin 10 Open Access Meeting For Those Interested In SCOAP3

Staff Writer | Stellenbosch University | November 1, 2012

Dr Ralf Schimmer of the Max Planck Digital Library will meet with members of institutions that publish in high energy physics journals on 8 November – directly after the conclusion of the Berlin 10 Open Access Conference. Read More »