SCOAP3 — Open Access in High-Energy Physics
APS participates in SCOAP3 (Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics), an international coalition of more than 3,000 libraries and research institutions from over 45 participating countries. Managed by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), it funds open access publishing in high-energy physics research.
Under the SCOAP3 model, high-energy physics papers posted to the arXiv and published in Physical Review Letters (PRL), Physical Review C (PRC), and Physical Review D (PRD) can be published open access, without any article publication charges (APCs) to authors.
APS has been participating in SCOAP3 since Jan. 1, 2018 and the current arrangement extends to articles published through 2027.
How It Works
- Post your high-energy physics (hep) paper to the arXiv with a primary category of hep-ex, hep-th, hep-ph, or hep-lat.*
- Note arXiv moderators have the right to review and change categorization if it is deemed incorrect.
- Submit your article to PRL , PRC , or PRD .
- Provide your arXiv ID to APS during submission, or as soon as possible afterwards. It must be received before publication. Delays may occur if the arXiv ID is received after the article is accepted for publication.
- APS will automatically check eligibility with the arXiv
- Authors must agree to publish their article with a CC-BY license .
- Articles will be published open access, without any cost to authors, and include the text ‘Funded by SCOAP3’.
SUBMIT YOUR ARTICLE
*Articles must be posted to the appropriate category. arXiv.org is a fully independent service and neither APS nor the SCOAP3 collaboration can challenge the decision of arXiv moderators regarding a possible reclassification of an article.
Information for Subscribers
APS directly offsets revenue received for open access publishing from SCOAP3 by reducing subscription fees for PRL, PRC, and PRD. Institutional, library consortia, and multi-site subscribers to APS online packages and participating journals will receive an offset reduction to the cost of their annual online subscription.
We encourage all subscribers to engage with the SCOAP3 initiative and participate in the funding model. This will help ensure the long-term sustainability of equitable open access publishing in high-energy physics.
If you have any questions regarding your subscription please contact subs@aps.org.