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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Request for Information – Price and Service Transparency Framework: building a service to provide access to publisher services and pricing data
On behalf of cOAlition S, the European Science Foundation is exploring the feasibility of procuring an online, web-based service that provides: {...}
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19.10.2020
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The Templeton World Charity Foundation joins cOAlition S
The cOAlition S organisations are pleased to announce that the Templeton World Charity Foundation (TWCF) has joined cOAlition S, and as such is {...}
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01.10.2020
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The Howard Hughes Medical Institute joins cOAlition S
cOAlition S is excited to welcome the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) as the newest organisation to join cOAlition S, a consortium of research {...}
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01.10.2020
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Help us get to know the open access journals and platforms that are free for readers and authors
We are pleased to invite you to fill in a survey dedicated to gaining in-depth understanding of open access journals that don’t charge author-fees, {...}
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22.07.2020
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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.
