1. Ann Okerson Charleston Conference November 2012
Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics
SCOAP3 – NOW!
Ann Okerson
Charleston Conference
November 2012

2. What/Who is SCOAP3?
An innovative model to achieve open access to peer-reviewed journals in high-energy physics (HEP)
Converts HEP articles in the leading journals to “gold” open access
SCOAP3 converts an ENTIRE discipline – first ever
The services of the publishers of these articles and journals are fully acknowledged
Quality assurance in the publication process (peer review and editorial services)
Provision of the final published versions
The objective is to convert content in these journals from their current subscription-based model to open access, while preserving the values provided by quality publishers and publications

3. What/Who is SCOAP3?
The product of extensive coalition-building with stakeholders in the community of scholarly communication across the world
Researchers/authors, funders, libraries and publishers
Out of this community, SCOAP3 has created an international consortium that will centrally contract with HEP journal publishers
CERN, the center of the global high-energy physics community, has led the SCOAP3 efforts and will administer/host this effort going forward, sharing leadership with the global community
Budget envelope: 10M€/year ( )

4. SCOAP3 Steering Committee
“to co-ordinate the SCOAP3 tendering process, designing the consortium governance, and bringing the initiative into its operational phase”
Jun Adachi, NII, Japan
Paul Ayris, JISC Collections, U.K.
Stefano Bianco, INFN, Italy
Miriam Blake, LANL, U.S.
Martin Koehler, DESY, Germany
Salvatore Mele, CERN, Switzerland (Convener)
Joao Moreira, FCCN, Portugal
Ann Okerson, CRL, U.S.
Ralf Schimmer, MPG, Germany
Xiaolin Zhang, CAS, China
Ivy Anderson. CDL, U.S. (ex-officio TWG liaison)

5. SCOAP3 Technical Working Group
“to address the key question of the price reduction for content today in large-scale subscription packages and eventually to be converted by SCOAP3 to Open Access [...and] collect requirements, analyse principles, and suggest ways forward toward a concrete implementation and monitoring ”
Ivy Anderson, CDL, U.S. (chair)
Paola Gargiulo, CASPUR, Italy
Anne Gentil-Beccot, CERN, Switzerland
Paul Harwood, JISC Collections, U.K.
Carol Hoover, LANL, U.S.
Tomonari Kinto, Tokyo, Japan [support: Satoru Kinoshita]
Angelika Kutz, TIB, Germany
Tom Sanville, LYRASIS, U.S.
Jiancheng Zheng, CAS, China

6. Fair Share Principle Each country contributes its share
of worldwide HEP article publications
J. Krause et al. CERN-OPEN

7. SCOAP3 Timeline 2005 Consultation within HEP research community
2006 Internal consensus on the SCOAP3 idea
2007 Initial design of the business model
Build worldwide consensus and “expressions of interest”
2011 Go-ahead decision, start publisher process
2012 Tender concluded; results published
Oct 1, 2012:: Launch meeting with NCPs & outreach begins

8. SCOAP3 Tendering Process
Spring 2012 – publishers of HEP journals invited to submit proposals for participation
Evaluation process was based on:
Price per article quoted by publisher (based on 2011 article volume, with price to hold steady in )
Quality (Impact factor, CC license, format, etc.)
Agreement to reduce subscription $$ according to volume of articles converted to Open Access

9. SCOAP3 Tender Results (alphabetical order) Publisher Journal
SCOAP3 Articles
(2011)
SCOAP3 Percentage
APC
APS
Physical Review D
2989
 ALL
1900 USD
Physical Review C
107
9.9%
Elsevier
Nuclear Physics B
284
ALL 
1800 USD
Physics Letters B
1010
2000 USD
Hindawi
AHEP 28
1000 USD
IOPp/DPG
New Journal of Physics 20
2.7%
1000 GBP
IOPp/SISSA
JCAP
138
30.9%
1200 GBP
IOPp/CAS
Chinese Physics C 16
7.2%
1400 GBP
Jagellonian
Acta physica polonica B 23
22.1%
500 EUR
Springer/SISSA
JHEP
1652
Springer/SIF
EPJC
326
1500 EUR
OUP/PSP
PTP 46
36.2%
1200 EUR

10. (re-grouped for reconciliation process)
SCOAP3 tender results
(re-grouped for reconciliation process)
Publisher
Journal
SCOAP3 Articles
(2011)
SCOAP3 %
Status
APS
Physical Review D
2989
 ALL
Subs
Elsevier
Nuclear Physics B
284
ALL 
Physics Letters B
1010
Springer/SISSA
JHEP
1652
Springer/SIF
EPJC
326
IOPp/SISSA
JCAP
138
30.9%
Physical Review C
107
9.9%
IOPp/CAS
Chinese Physics C 16
7.2%
IOPp/DPG
New Journal of Physics 20
2.7% OA
Hindawi
AHEP 28
Jagellonian
Acta physica polonica B 23
22.1%
OUP/PSP
PTP 46
36.2%

11. When Will SCOAP3 Start? NOW
Late 2012 and thru Q1 2013, work being undertaken among SCOAP3 partners to sign agreements, establish national contact operations, calculate $$ of existing subscription funds in order to redirect these to SCOAP3, and reconcile the amounts with publishers
2013 thru Q2-3 CERN will establish the SCOAP3 article repository, create attendant services, and negotiate final contracts with participating publishers
“Go-live" on January 1, 2014
The effective award of contracts will cover all new HEP articles published in participating journals in the years 2014, 2015 and 2016 – no price increases

12. What Comes Next?
Libraries work through a designated contact to calculate & upload the calculated $$ to a “reconciliation facility”
Training/documentation will be provided
Cost reductions proposed by libraries and publishers will be reviewed as part of a reconciliation process, to determine final amount
The SCOAP3 office at CERN, in liaison with the national or consortial contact points, will monitor this process and organize negotiations if needed
Once these arrangements are put into place, ongoing operation of the consortium will be overseen by a governance organization comprising representatives of the SCOAP3 partners in the respective countries

13. Who are the Contacts?
Details on country contacts are currently being finalized. Check to find out which organization(s) globally are involved
Sign up for the SCOAP3 listserv at:
Or visit for the latest news
US: write to Ann Okerson
A listserv is being established for US library contacts
Also for US library consortial directors
A US web site will be populated at:

14. Summary Partnership Benefits
SCOAP3 is a new organization evolving in real-time, envisioned as a collaborative and open project of the global community it serves.
Contributing partners will:
have reductions in subscription costs to journals participating in SCOAP3
have a voice in the governance of SCOAP3
have the option to automatically populate their institution’s digital repository with the SCOAP3 peer-reviewed articles
be part of an open access community that is effecting positive change in scholarly publishing
Join us now!

15. Thank you for your attention!