From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2018 22:39:27 -0500

Converting the Literature of a Scientific Field to Open Access Through
Global Collaboration: the Experience of SCOAP3 in Particle Physics
Only a few know that CERN also hosts the world largest Open Access
initiative: SCOAP3. The Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in
Particle Physics (SCOAP3) started operation in 2014 and has since supported
the publication of 19,000 Open Access articles in the field of particle
physics, at no direct cost, nor burden, for individual authors worldwide.
SCOAP3 is made possible by a 3,000-institute strong partnership, where
libraries re-direct funds previously used for subscriptions to ’flip’
articles to ’gold Open Access’. With its recent expansion, the initiative
now covers about 90% of the journal literature of the field. This article
describes the economic principles of SCOAP3, the collaborative approach of
the partnership, and finally summarizes financial results after four years
of successful operation.

https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/201802.0149/v1