Board Report 2022

Amsterdam, June 2023

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SciPost Board

Prof. Jean-Sébastien Caux - Chairman SciPost Foundation

Dr. Joost van Mameren - Secretary SciPost
Dr. Jasper van Wezel - Treasurer SciPost

SciPost TeamThe SciPost Team in 2022 consisted of:Jean-Sébastien Caux - Lead Developer
Paula Perez - Editorial Admin
Sergio Enrique Tapias Arze - Editorial Admin and Sponsors Admin
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In 2022 SciPost published a total of 728 papers across 9 journals. The rolling out of the new journal SciPostPhysics Codebases had a very good start in 2022 as a new-generation journal for computer codes andalgorithms of relevance to research in Physics. In addition, SciPost became the host of a new journal incollaboration with the UvA Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies: MigPol, a specialist Journal in the ﬁeld ofSocial Sciences that publishes scholarly contributions on the politics involved in representing, controlling, andmanaging migration.
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In November 2022, paper output was impacted due to staﬀ changes. The production team was satisfyingly
productive and properly scaled up, however, there were signiﬁcant changes due to reduction of personnel inthe EdAdmin team. This coupled with the ongoing insecurity of ﬁnancial resources made it diﬃcult to quickly
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Table 1. Annual publication per journal (2016-2022).

An evolution of the SciPost total publication rate throughout the years can be found below:
Fig. 1 SciPost total publication Nr of publications per year (2016-2022)

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higher at €665, while Proceedings are rated at half, €222). This is quite a substantial reduction (about 25%)
from our results of the previous year. The medium-term goal remains of scaled-up operations stabilizing
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Outlook
Throughout the years, SciPost has demonstrated evidence of its consolidated role in the international openscience movement. Its ﬂagship journal, SciPost Physics, is now a leading journal in the ﬁeld of general physics,
adopted by renowned scientists for publishing their groundbreaking work. As an example, SciPost recently hit
a new milestone celebrating 'Publication 2000' with a paper authored by Jacopo Niedda, Giacomo Gradenigo,
Luca Leuzzi and Giorgio Parisi.
The portfolio of SciPost journals is expanding and we expect this expansion to continue in the coming years,

SciPost Physics Codebases represents a successful case here. In addition to that, SciPost’s ambition to renderits infrastructure available throughout diverse scientiﬁc communities continues to be a priority. The idea beingthat they can run their own diamond open access journals within the SciPost ecosystem. A constructive
example of joint eﬀorts in this line of collaboration is MigPol, a specialized Journal focusing on Migration
Studies.

In parallel to its operational performance and the support shown by the scientific community, the contribution
for SciPost from institutions has increased considerably over the years, resulting in new and potential futuresponsorships. Relevantly as well, the support for diamond open access initiatives (like SciPost) continues to be
discussed at national and library consortium level and we are hopeful for more umbrella agreements from suchorganizations. Similarly, SciPost sponsors continue to showcase their unwavering loyal support throughout theyears which is undoubtedly a very positive sign.
Notwithstanding the publication rate success and the current level of contribution provided by our Sponsors,critical and long term sustainable financial support remains to this day the main challenge for SciPost.

Additional Information
For additional detailed information regarding SciPost operations, please visit:https://scipost.org/blog/post/2023-04-19/operations-in-2022

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