Redirecting the current expenditures on HEP journals

To calculate the amount of your pledge to SCOAP3 you may want to take into account the present subscriptions to two category of journals: "core" HEP journals and "broadband" journals.

"Core" journals, identified as those where the vast majority of HEP articles are published, and which mostly carry HEP content are the following, where 100% of subscriptions are usually being pledged to SCOAP3.

  • 100% of Physical Review D (American Physical Society),
  • 100% of Physics Letters B (Elsevier)
  • 100% of Nuclear Physics B (Elsevier),
  • 100% of Journal of High Energy Physics (SISSA/IOP)
  • 100% of European Physical Journal C (Springer).

"Broadband journals" which carry HEP content in a larger breadth of content are the following, together with the HEP content and the amount of subscriptions which is being pledged to SCOAP3

  • 10% of Physical Review Letters (American Physical Society)
  • 25% of Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A (Elsevier)

More details are available in pages 11-13 of this presentation

This list serves the purpose of estimating the SCOAP3 budget envelope. The SCOAP3 model is not limited to these journals but is open to all existing and future high-quality journals carrying HEP content, within budgetary limits. This will ensure a dynamic market with competition and choice.