Transformative Journals: Frequently Asked Questions

[UPDATE] 26 January 2023: cOAlition S confirms the end of its financial support for Open Access publishing under transformative arrangements after {...}

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08.04.2020

cOAlition S responds to Open Access publishers’ statement on Transformative Agreements

cOAlition S has taken good note of the position paper by five fully Open Access publishers that criticizes the low transformational potential of {...}

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30.03.2020

Exploring collaborative non-commercial publishing models for Open Access: Apply to perform a study

cOAlition S publishes today, 27 March 2020, a call for an informed study containing an analysis and overview of collaborative non-commercial (aka {...}

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27.03.2020

Transformative Journals: update on draft framework

Considering the COVID-19 pandemic, and the fact that all stakeholders in the scholarly communication system are focusing their efforts on supporting {...}

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26.03.2020

Open Access and Plan S: 5 key activities

The emerging Coronavirus (COVID19) has once again highlighted the need for researchers for have unfettered access to the research literature. Indeed, {...}

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18.02.2020

cOAlition S invites qualified providers to develop a Plan S Journal Checker tool

cOAlition S publishes today, 7 February 2020, an Invitation to Tender (ITT) for the development and maintenance of a Journal Checker Tool. This tool {...}

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07.02.2020

Report on the data needed to identify Plan S compliance

Today an independent report is published by Delta Think, commissioned by Jisc and funded by Science Europe, on behalf of cOAlition S, to enhance the {...}

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07.02.2020

cOAlition S welcomes transparency framework and report, launches pilot

Today an independent report is published by Information Power and is the output of a project funded by Wellcome and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) {...}

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14.01.2020

cOAlition S response to Springer Nature’s Open Letter on Transformative Journals

cOAlition S has responded to Springer Nature's Open Letter on Transformative Journals. Read the full letter {...}

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17.12.2019

cOAlition S Consults on Transformative Journals

The Plan S guidelines released earlier this year note that cOAlition S will consider developing a potential framework for ‘transformative {...}

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26.11.2019

Gaps Report highlights why Plan S is needed

cOAlition S seeks to develop better understanding of the publishing landscape and the options available to researchers to share their research {...}

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21.11.2019

We’re hiring – cOAlition S Programme Manager

cOAlition S – in partnership with the European Science Foundation (ESF) - are seeking to appoint a cOAlition S Programme Manager. Working {...}

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15.11.2019

South African Medical Research Council to champion Open Access through cOAlition S

cOAlition S is pleased to announce that the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) is the latest group to join the coalition and demonstrate {...}

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22.10.2019

COAR and cOAlition S Supporting Repositories to Adhere to Plan S

The two organisations intend to work together to support repositories in adhering to Plan S requirements

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07.10.2019

Aligning Science Against Parkinson’s (ASAP) Joins cOAlition S

Aligning Science Against Parkinson’s (ASAP) is the latest group to join the coalition and demonstrate its commitment to the realisation of science without publication paywalls

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26.09.2019

Report and Toolkit to Support Learned Society Publishers Transition to Immediate Open Access

cOAlition S aims to work with publishers, societies, consortia, and other stakeholders to accelerate the transition to Open Access. One of the {...}

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12.09.2019

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