Colloque LPSC: Scientific publishing in the 21st century - Green, Gold, Diamond, Platinum, Rhodium etc: navigating modern publishing business models

by Jean-Sebastien Caux

Thursday 22 Jan 2026, 10:00 → 11:00 Europe/Paris

Grand Amphi (LPSC)

Scientific publishing is currently undergoing a vast transition away from traditional models based on subscriptions to journals from corporate or scientific society-led publishers. Instead, a new ecology of Green, Gold, Diamond, Platinum/Palladium has sprung up from a variety of service providers, dressed in sometimes (deliberately?) obscure business practices. Confusion is rife as to whose interests are being served, and who pays the price.
Within this context, SciPost aims to provide a community-driven solution which puts scientific quality back at the forefront, and offers an alternative business model achieving significant cost slashing and aiming to deprecate profit-making in the publishing industry.
This talk will deliver an update on the current status of the reform of publishing in general, and SciPost in particular. It will also share thoughts on experiences gained, and provide perspectives for a successful transition to a healthier scientific publishing future both for scientists and the academic institutions who support and employ them.

Zoom: https://univ-grenoble-alpes-fr.zoom.us/j/96867622651?pwd=0OAs01ApTQ7JBXT7zbm8aYVYxinabM.1