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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Licence to publish – the boot is on the wrong foot
In law – at least UK law – copyright is automatically assigned to works created by authors. Authors do not need to apply for it or register {...}
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01.12.2021
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Journal Checker Tool update: we listen and learn from you
We value feedback from researchers, institutions, funders, and publishers and based on it we always seek to improve the Journal Checker Tool (JCT) to {...}
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13.10.2021
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cOAlition S statement on Open Access for academic books
Academic books – defined here to include monographs, book chapters, edited collections, critical editions, and other long-form works – are an {...}
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02.09.2021
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cOAlition S welcomes the Plan S-aligned Open Access policy from UKRI
cOAlition S – an international consortium of research funding and performing organisations committed to implementing Plan S - warmly welcomes the {...}
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06.08.2021
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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.
