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Four decades of open science

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INSPIRE, the central information resource of the high-energy physics community, pioneered the open dissemination of scientific literature. It has been evolving to keep up with the new technologies and it is not slowing down.

One of the features that distinguishes high-energy physics from other scientific disciplines is its decades-long institutionalization of what we now know as 'open access'. Directly related to this is the remarkable success and longevity of its primary, community-run information service. Now known as INSPIRE, it plays a central role for high-energy physics (HEP) researchers.

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The author wishes to thank T. Schwander, H. O'Connell and K. Sachs for reviewing a draft of this article.

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