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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Plan S: Annual Review 2024
Plan S is a funder-led initiative to promote Open Access (OA) publishing. The funders endorsing Plan S – united in cOAlition S – require that {...}
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22.05.2025
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Updated version of the “How Equitable Is It?” tool for assessing equity in scholarly communication models
The “How Equitable Is It?” tool, designed to assess the equity of scholarly communication models, has been officially launched today in its {...}
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14.05.2025
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cOAlition S provides feedback on the Canadian Tri-Agency Open Access policy
cOAlition S, an alliance of organisations and institutions that fund and/or perform research activities, who work together to deliver full and {...}
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27.03.2025
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Journal Checker Tool (JCT): user feedback survey
cOAlition S is launching a survey to better understand how the Journal Checker Tool (JCT) supports researchers in finding publishing options that {...}
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19.02.2025
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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.
