Rolf Heuer was CERN Director-General during an era when multiple open science initiatives were launched by the Organization

CERN’s open access policy requires authors to publish under the CC-BY licence when submitting preprints to repositories or articles to journals

An expanded collaboration agreement between CERN and the OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks) Foundation sees the Laboratory directly hosting the OAPEN Library and the Directory of Open Access Books in its Data Centre

The CERN Open Access policy requires that all peer-reviewed primary research articles from CERN authors are published open access

CERN is moving one step closer to achieving full open access for academic books in high-energy physics and related disciplines by participating in the SCOAP3 for books initiative

CERN’s core values include making research open and accessible for everyone. A new policy now brings together existing open science initiatives to ensure a bright future based on transparency and collaboration at CERN.

Don’t miss CERN’s first ever Open Access Week from 24 to 28 October 2022!

The updated policy reinforces the Organization’s position on open access and clarifies the status of CERN-affiliated corresponding authors

This is the first partnership of its kind between CERN and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

It is now easier for CERN authors to publish open access in Elsevier journals