The Lorraine Model

The Lorraine Model Redirecting closed science funds to open science Nicolas Fressengeas Octobre 29, 2025 Université de Lorraine 1/9 French national context Generalising open access to publications Support open access economic publishing models that do not require the payment of articles or books processing charges (diamond model) French National Research Agency The coordinator and partners of funded projects undertake to make any scientific publication [...] available immediately in open access under a Creative Commons CC-BY or equivalent license. Second French Plan for Open Science GENERALISING OPEN SCIENCE IN FRANCE 2021-2024 2/9 French national context Generalising open access to publications Support open access economic publishing models that do not require the payment of articles or books processing charges (diamond model) French National Research Agency The coordinator and partners of funded projects undertake to make any scientific publication [...] available immediately in open access under a Creative Commons CC-BY or equivalent license. Second French Plan for Open Science GENERALISING OPEN SCIENCE IN FRANCE 2021-2024 2/9 The Lorraine site open science policy Avoid paying APCs • Keep your money for research • Avoid editor level conflict of interest To avoid APC, let us support Diamond Open Access In house or not 3/9 The Lorraine site open science policy Avoid paying APCs • Keep your money for research • Avoid editor level conflict of interest To avoid APC, let us support Diamond Open Access In house or not 3/9 Yearly 100k€ on national & international initiatives 4/9 Yearly 50k€ on diamond Lorraine journals 5/9 Funding allocation process The Lorraine Open Science board decides yearly • International initiatives of Lorraine interest • International initiatives of general interest • Editorially vetted Lorraine diamond open access journals 6/9 Redirecting closed science funds to open science 500k€ yearly revenue stream •Wiley cancellation : secured half • Result of a bottom-up process • A demand from the communities • Should we cancel more ? • Lorraine research actors (unsecured) • State contract (unsecured) Funding open science requires cancelling closed science funding 7/9