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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Commercial publishers and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): driving change or hindering progress?
Leading up to the 2023 SDG summit in September, Nature has launched a series of editorials covering the SDGs. The first editorial raises the alarm {...}
Blog
19.07.2023
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Consulting the research community on cOAlition S’s “Towards Responsible Publishing” proposal: an Invitation to Tender (ITT) to support this initiative
The European Science Foundation-Science Connect (ESF-SC), on behalf of cOAlition S, is seeking to engage a third-party contractor to devise and run {...}
News
10.07.2023
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A study to assess the impact of Plan S on the global scholarly communication ecosystem: an Invitation to Tender (ITT)
The European Science Foundation-Science Connect (ESF-SC), on behalf of cOAlition S, is seeking to engage the services of a consultant to undertake a {...}
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10.07.2023
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Moving away from APCs: a multi-stakeholder working group convened by cOAlition S, Jisc and PLOS
cOAlition S, in partnership with Jisc and PLOS, are seeking to establish a multi-stakeholder working group to identify business models and {...}
News
27.06.2023
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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.
