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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Introducing the “Towards Responsible Publishing” proposal from cOAlition S
In this blog post, Bodo Stern, Chief of Strategic Initiatives at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Johan Rooryck, Executive Director of {...}
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31.10.2023
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Consulting the research community on cOAlition S’s “Towards Responsible Publishing” proposal: tender results
cOAlition S is delighted to announce the successful completion of the tender process for selecting a contractor to facilitate the consultation {...}
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12.10.2023
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A study to assess the impact of Plan S on the global scholarly communication ecosystem: tender results
cOAlition S is pleased to announce that the tender process for a study to assess the impact of Plan S on the global scholarly communication {...}
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05.10.2023
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Fair Global Pricing: consultation
cOAlition S commissioned Information Power to explore how a globally fair pricing framework for academic publishing could be devised and {...}
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18.09.2023
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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.
