What are the costs for an individual library to participate?
The cost of supporting SCOAP3 will not exceed the cost of subscription access to the identified suite of HEP journals. To determine the cost of participation in SCOAP3, begin by calculating your library’s current investment in the journals noted below. For package subscriptions, prorate the amount paid by title. (Question 7 offers more detail on how to address bundled deals). Five journals are considered 100% convertible to SCOAP3: Springer’s European Physical Journal C, SISSA/IOP’s Journal of High Energy Physics, Elsevier’s Nuclear Physics B and Physics Letters B and APS’ Physical Review D. SCOAP3 will target a smaller proportion of content from two other titles which carry a wider spectrum of articles beyond HEP: SISSA/IOP’s Journal of Instrumentation (50%), Elsevier’s Nuclear Instruments and Methods (20%), and APS’ Physical Review Letters (10%). These journals represent the vast majority of HEP literature but the list is in no way exhaustive: the competitive call for tender will be
