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SciPost follows a different funding model than most traditional publishers. It operates on an entirely not-for-profit basis, and charges neither subscription fees nor article processing charges; instead, its activities are financed through a cost-slashing consortial model.%0D%0A
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By making a small financial commitment, the institutions and organizations that benefit from SciPost’s activities can become Supporting Partners. This enables SciPost to perform all of its publication-related activities, maintain its online portal and implement its long-term development plan. Details of the consortial funding scheme and how to join can be found at https://scipost.org/partners or by emailing partners@scipost.org.%0D%0A
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<li>Expansion of our <ahref="{% url 'scipost:about' %}#editorial_college_physics">Editorial College</a>,</li>
<li>Expansion of our <ahref="{% url 'scipost:about' %}#editorial_college_physics">Editorial College</a>,</li>
<li>Expansion of our <ahref="{% url 'partners:partners' %}"target="_blank">Supporting Partners</a> Board.</li>
<li>Expansion of our <ahref="{% url 'sponsors:sponsors' %}"target="_blank">Sponsors</a> Board.</li>
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The first aims to ensure we can process the increasing editorial workflow. The second aims to ensure that we can expand the support team needed to run the infrastructure underlying all our operations (at the moment this still relies on a large amount of pro bono work from the core team).
The first aims to ensure we can process the increasing editorial workflow. The second aims to ensure that we can expand the support team needed to run the infrastructure underlying all our operations (at the moment this still relies on a large amount of pro bono work from the core team).
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<p>By the end of 2018, we wish to have achieved:</p>
<p>By the end of 2018, we wish to have achieved:</p>
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<li><strong>Expansion</strong>: <i>to have a minimum of 200 Fellows in the <ahref="{% url 'scipost:about' %}#editorial_college_physics">Editorial College (Physics)</a>, with a minimum of 8 in each specialization;</i></li><br/>
<li><strong>Expansion</strong>: <i>to have a minimum of 200 Fellows in the <ahref="{% url 'scipost:about' %}#editorial_college_physics">Editorial College (Physics)</a>, with a minimum of 8 in each specialization;</i></li><br/>
<li><strong>Sustainability</strong>: <i>to achieve €200 000 yearly income from <ahref="{% url 'partners:partners' %}"target="_blank">Supporting Partners</a> or other benefactors.</i></li>
<li><strong>Sustainability</strong>: <i>to achieve €200 000 yearly income from <ahref="{% url 'sponsors:sponsors' %}"target="_blank">Sponsors</a> or other benefactors.</i></li>
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Our estimates are that we can fully process around 500 publications per year with this upscaling of our cost-slashing infrastructure.
Our estimates are that we can fully process around 500 publications per year with this upscaling of our cost-slashing infrastructure.
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<li><i>Is your field insufficiently represented in our current <ahref="{% url 'scipost:about' %}#editorial_college_physics">Editorial College</a>?</i><br/>We are looking for world-class researchers to become Fellows. Send us your nominations at <ahref="mailto:admin@scipost.org">admin@scipost.org</a>.<br/>Are you a professorial-level researcher working as editor for non-<ahref="https://jscaux.org/blog/post/2018/05/05/genuine-open-access/"target="_blank">Genuine OA</a>-compliant publishers? Looking to invest your expertise in a more community-friendly alternative? Get in touch.<br/>Please note that in view of our development plans, we also welcome nominations in fields beyond Physics.</li>
<li><i>Is your field insufficiently represented in our current <ahref="{% url 'scipost:about' %}#editorial_college_physics">Editorial College</a>?</i><br/>We are looking for world-class researchers to become Fellows. Send us your nominations at <ahref="mailto:admin@scipost.org">admin@scipost.org</a>.<br/>Are you a professorial-level researcher working as editor for non-<ahref="https://jscaux.org/blog/post/2018/05/05/genuine-open-access/"target="_blank">Genuine OA</a>-compliant publishers? Looking to invest your expertise in a more community-friendly alternative? Get in touch.<br/>Please note that in view of our development plans, we also welcome nominations in fields beyond Physics.</li>
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<li><i>Is your institution or funding agency not listed on our <ahref="{% url 'partners:partners' %}"target="_blank">Partners page</a>?</i><br/>Encourage them (through a librarian, Open Access officer, director, ...) to join by <ahref="{% url 'petitions:petition' slug='join-SPB' %}"target="_blank">signing our petition</a>, and by personally emailing them directly using this <ahref="mailto:?subject=Petition to support SciPost&body={% autoescape on %}{% include 'petitions/petition_email.html' %}{% endautoescape %}&cc=partners@scipost.org">email template</a>. Experience shows that such personal testimonies and statements of support from active scientists constitute the most persuasive means to convince institutions to support us.
<li><i>Is your institution or funding agency not listed on our <ahref="{% url 'sponsors:sponsors' %}"target="_blank">Sponsors page</a>?</i><br/>Encourage them (through a librarian, Open Access officer, director, ...) to join by personally emailing them directly using this <ahref="mailto:?subject=Petition to support SciPost&body={% autoescape on %}{% include 'petitions/petition_email.html' %}{% endautoescape %}&cc=sponsors@scipost.org">email template</a>. Experience shows that such personal testimonies and statements of support from active scientists constitute the most persuasive means to convince institutions to support us.
<br/>Funders which have been acknowledged in SciPost publications are listed at <ahref="https://scipost.org/funders/"target="_blank">this link</a>; clicking on a funder will show how many publications they are related to, which have been produced at no direct cost to them by our cost-slashing operations. Seeing this might also help convincing them to become Partners.</li>
<br/>Funders which have been acknowledged in SciPost publications are listed at <ahref="https://scipost.org/organizations/"target="_blank">this link</a>; clicking on a funder will show how many publications they are related to, which have been produced at no direct cost to them by our cost-slashing operations. Seeing this might also help convincing them to become Sponsors.</li>
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<li><i>Are people in your surroundings and social network not yet sufficiently aware of SciPost?</i><br/>You can point them to our <ahref="https://youtu.be/Pgvd7EvehCI"target="_blank">intro video</a> and mention this drive on social media using the <ahref="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SciPostDrive2018">#SciPostDrive2018</a> and <ahref="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SciPost">#SciPost</a> hashtags.
<li><i>Are people in your surroundings and social network not yet sufficiently aware of SciPost?</i><br/>You can point them to our <ahref="https://youtu.be/Pgvd7EvehCI"target="_blank">intro video</a> and mention this drive on social media using the <ahref="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SciPostDrive2018">#SciPostDrive2018</a> and <ahref="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SciPost">#SciPost</a> hashtags.