CERN

Funder Information

Funder Name
  • European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) [English]
  • Organisation européenne pour la recherche nucléaire [French]
Funder URLs
Identifiers
ROR ID: https://ror.org/01ggx4157
Country
Switzerland
Public Notes
Formerly known as Conseil Européen pour la Récherche Nucleaire - sometimes referred to as the Centre Européen pour la Récherche Nucleaire

Encourages Open Access Archiving

Requirement
CERN encourages Open Access Archiving
What to archive
  • Conference papers
  • Executive summaries
  • Peer-reviewed publications
  • Any publications
  • Project reports
Publication version
Author's final version
When to archive
At the earliest possible opportunity
Where to archive
Named repository
Named Repositories
CERN Document Server (CDS) http://cdsweb.cern.ch/ (Required)

Requires Open Access Publishing

Requirement
CERN requires Open Access Publishing
Where to publish
as an article with immediate paid-for open access (Preferred)
Special Conditions
All CERN publications must be published in Gold Open Access publications

General Open Access Policy

Effective for all current projects from:
1 January 2014
Effective for all new projects from:
1 January 2014
Application scope
  • Applies to all fully or partly funded projects
  • Applies to work conducted using funder's facilities
Notes
  • CERN will not provide additional fees for publication
  • In January 2014, CERN and international partners in nearly 50 countries launched the SCOAP3 initiative, which has converted most journals in the field to Gold Open Access at no cost for authors
Policy Links

Requires Open Data Archiving

Requirement
CERN requires Open Data Archiving
Types of Data
  • Research Data
  • Supporting Documentation
When to archive
At the earliest possible opportunity
Where to archive
Any appropriate repository (Required )
Named Repositories
Special Conditions
Different CERN projects have different requirements for Open Access to Data, please see individual project guidance for details, CERN Level 1 data associated with journal publications must be made available via appropriate repositories, CERN Level 2 may be made open access according to a release policy of the project, CERN Level 3 data may be released under a reasonable embargo period, with a maximum of 10 years depending on CERN Data Level and Project, CERN Level 4 data can not be made open access, Creative Commons licenses and Digital Object Identifiers are encouraged
Policy links
CERN Open Data Policies [Policy]: http://opendata.cern.ch/collection/Data-Policies

Record Information

ID
26
Date Created
14 August 2007 14:31:05 UTC
Last Modified
11 February 2021 18:33:23 UTC
URI
https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/funder/26
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