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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T&F copyright advice. Author, beware.
The publisher Taylor and Francis (T&F) provides a webpage, ‘Understanding copyright for journal authors’, aimed at researchers authoring {...}
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09.02.2023
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cOAlition S appoints Advisory Panel to further develop the Journal Comparison Service
An Advisory Panel – comprising publishers, librarians, library consortia and funders - has been set up to help cOAlition S to further develop the {...}
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15.03.2023
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cOAlition S supports efforts to improve copyright framework for research
Copyright retention has been at the core of Plan S since its inception. Its first principle is that authors or their institutions retain copyright {...}
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09.03.2023
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Plan S: Annual Review 2022
At cOAlition S, we are committed to accelerating the transition to open access. As an international consortium of research funding and performing {...}
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01.03.2023
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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.
