The
Chronicle of Higher Education:High-energy-physics
researchers are attempting a takeover of science publishing in
their field by getting national research agencies and
university libraries to pledge to support a radical new system
called SCOAP that would replace expensive subscriptions to
leading journals with membership in a nonprofit group. The new
organization would then dole out money to journal publishers,
while pushing them to distribute all articles free online and
to keep their prices in check. Publishers are worried over
whether the scheme is financially sustainable and could
eventually damage the peer-review system.
