Response from the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) to the consultation on the European Commission study on scientific publishing

CERN welcomes the EC study on the economic and technical evolution of the scientific publication markets in Europe. In general the report accurately reflects the overall situation in scientific publishing. Most of the findings in the study accord with data collected and analyzed by our scientific information officers. The report has the potential to serve as a reference document for scientific information policy makers in the ongoing reform of the publishing model. The recommendations presented by the authoring consortium of the study deserve the European Commission's full attention. We support the recommendations made and we take the opportunity to encourage the Commission to take all appropriate steps to contribute to adapt the framework for scientific publishing to a fast changing world with new paradigms.