About Plan S
Plan S is an initiative for Open Access publishing that was launched in September 2018. The plan is supported by cOAlition S, an international consortium of research funding and performing organisations. Plan S requires that, from 2021, scientific publications that result from research funded by public grants must be published in compliant Open Access journals or platforms.
Latest updates
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A critique of the Emerald Statement relating to UK rights retention strategies
Emerald should be applauded for adopting a policy since 2014 that states authors may make their accepted manuscript (AAM) freely available at the {...}
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14.02.2024
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Beyond article-based charges working group: an update on progress
Since September 2023, cOAlition S, in partnership with Jisc and PLOS, have been working with a multi-stakeholder working group to identify business {...}
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17.04.2024
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cOAlition S welcomes the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information
Developed by a group of research information specialists, the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information is a community initiative to make {...}
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16.04.2024
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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Open Access Policy Refresh
cOAlition S acknowledges the Open Access Policy Refresh from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and welcomes its ongoing commitment to {...}
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29.03.2024
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10 Principles
With effect from 2021, all scholarly publications on the results from research funded by public or private grants provided by national, regional, and international research councils and funding bodies, must be published in Open Access Journals, on Open Access Platforms, or made immediately available through Open Access Repositories without embargo.