The Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services (SCOSS)
General overview
Publisher
Agreement period
01.01.2026-31.12.2026
Services
- African Journals Online (AJOL), is the preeminent platform of African scholarly publishing.
- Episciences, is an overlay journal platform to host and disseminate diamond open access (OA) publications from all disciplines.
- Make Data Count, collects, standardises, and aggregates measures of data usage and data citation.
- SciPost is part of the agreement, but a separate consortium agreement from Sikt is in place in 2026: SciPost.
Read more about the services: SCOSS Current Funding Calls.
About SCOSS
SCOSS is the umbrella organisation for coordinating support for services such as DOAJ, SherpaRomeo and DOAB/OAPEN.
The purpose of SCOSS is to identify non-commercial services that are essential for open science, and to provide recommendations on which services may be considered for funding support. Only non-commercial services with an uncertain / unstable financial basis are eligible for support.
SCOSS provides the framework and structure for funding, and evaluates potential candidates based on a defined set of criteria. The most suitable of those that pass the evaluation are presented to the global OA/OS community of stakeholders, with a call for financial support in a kind of crowdfunding-style approach.
Contact
For researchers: Each institution's library manages the agreements. Contact your library if you have questions.
For research administrators: More information (prices, licenses, etc.) can be found in ConsortiaManager (Edvarda) or by contacting Sikt.