SCOAP3 at ten: from open access to open science

"Having sustained this service as a global public good for a decade, SCOAP3 now aims to foster the general advancement of open science. To this end, it has introduced a new Open Science Mechanism, which will financially incentivise participating publishers based on their adoption of open-science practices. The mechanism will begin in January 2025, coinciding with the start of the fourth phase of SCOAP3....

The Open Science Mechanism will assess the performance of publishers in delivering certain open-science-related elements in their publishing workflows, such as adopting persistent identifiers (ORCiDs and RORs) for authors and institutions; improving the availability of linked data and software related to research articles; enriching article metadata for enhanced discoverability; improving accessibility and encouraging the adoption of open peer review practices. Publishers will further be incentivised to disclose their efforts on matters related to sustainability, data privacy, financial transparency and diversity, equity and inclusion. These will be made publicly available on the SCOAP3 website...."