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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“Rights retention is actually straightforward”. Sheffield Hallam University aims to keep it simple.
In 2008 Harvard’s Faculty of Arts & Sciences voted unanimously to adopt a ground-breaking open access policy. Since then, over 70 other {...}
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07.07.2022
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Statement on peer reviewed publications
The key principle of Plan S states that “from 2021, scientific publications that result from research funded by public grants must be published in {...}
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06.07.2022
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cOAlition S participates in the EuroScience Open Forum 2022 (ESOF 2022)
cOAlition S and Science Europe are organising an online panel discussion titled “The Rights Retention Strategy: Academic freedom and {...}
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05.07.2022
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Swiss National Science Foundation joins cOAlition S
cOAlition S is excited to welcome on board the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) - one of the European leaders supporting Open Access - as the {...}
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01.06.2022
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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.
