Open Access Policy for CERN Physics Publications

published as Gold Open Access in 2013. Thanks to the SCOAP3 initiative and the additional

partnership with APS this figure will rise to 90-95% in 2015. CERN now aims to reach 100% Gold

Open Access for all its original High-Energy Physics results3

, experimental and theoretical, by the

end of 2016.

The easiest way to publish Gold Open Access is to prefer journals covered by SCOAP3 4

[http://scoap3.org/scoap3journals] or through Open Access arrangements where no additional fee

should be paid by CERN. The Scientific Information Service can help to understand the situation.

When circumstances require publication in any other journal, Open Access fees can be paid with

funds external to CERN, e.g. E.U. projects. Where this is not possible, authors are requested to get

permission from their Department Head."