Action Plan for Diamond Open Access

Working collectively towards an equitable, community-driven and academic-led scholarly publishing model. Science Europe, cOAlition S, OPERAS, and {...}

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02.03.2022

Enabling Open Access through clarity and transparency: a request to publishers

cOAlition S is delighted to see many publishers making moves to increase Open Access (OA) for research publications. However, some publishers’ {...}

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01.03.2022

Workshop on Diamond Open Access

‘Diamond’ Open Access refers to Open Access journals and platforms that are free to both authors and readers. In March 2021, the landmark ‘Open {...}

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25.01.2022

UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science: a response from cOAlition S

cOAlition S welcomes the landmark UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science that was adopted at the 41st session of its General Conference in November {...}

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12.01.2022

cOAlition S starts building its Journal Comparison Service to help create visibility of publishing services and prices

The Journal Comparison Service has been discontinued as of 30th April 2025. The content of this page is maintained for archival purposes {...}

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16.12.2021

Journal Checker Tool update: we listen and learn from you

We value feedback from researchers, institutions, funders, and publishers and based on it we always seek to improve the Journal Checker Tool (JCT) to {...}

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13.10.2021

cOAlition S statement on Open Access for academic books

Academic books – defined here to include monographs, book chapters, edited collections, critical editions, and other long-form works – are an {...}

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02.09.2021

cOAlition S welcomes the Plan S-aligned Open Access policy from UKRI

cOAlition S – an international consortium of research funding and performing organisations committed to implementing Plan S - warmly welcomes the {...}

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06.08.2021

Enabling smaller independent publishers to participate in Open Access transformative arrangements: a commitment from key stakeholders

The ongoing transition of scholarly publishing to full and immediate Open Access is a process that requires all stakeholders to adapt. Alignment {...}

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17.06.2021

Open Access agreements with smaller publishers require active cross-stakeholder alignment, report says

Open Access agreements between consortia/libraries and smaller independent publishers are used worldwide increasingly since 2020, signalling a {...}

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09.06.2021

cOAlition S expands its global footprint as the Québec Research Funds adopt Plan S

cOAlition S is excited to welcome on board the Québec Research Funds (QRF) as the latest organisation - and first North American public funder - to {...}

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01.06.2021

Robert Kiley seconded to cOAlition S as Head of Strategy

To help deliver the successful implementation of Plan S, Robert Kiley, Head of Open Research at Wellcome, has been seconded to cOAlition S as Head of {...}

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28.05.2021

cOAlition S welcomes the joint statement on Empowering Researchers in Open Access

cOAlition S is pleased to read the joint statement by CESAER, the European University Association (EUA) and Science Europe calling on all publishers {...}

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25.05.2021

cOAlition S calls researchers to complete Plan S impact survey

cOAlition S is monitoring developments in the Open Science landscape and is seeking feedback from the research community about their experiences when {...}

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25.05.2021

Why hybrid journals do not lead to full and immediate Open Access

In this brief note, we formulate 6 arguments that articulate why cOAlition S Organisations will not financially support the hybrid model of {...}

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29.04.2021

cOAlition S endorses the Subscribe to Open (S2O) model of funding open access

Using existing budget and subscription processes without imposing paywalls, S2O provides a rapid route to open access that is applicable to research {...}

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27.04.2021

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