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

Towards a Framework to Enable More Transparent Communication of Open Access Publishing Services and their Prices

Wellcome – in partnership with UKRI and on behalf of cOAlition S – have appointed Information Power to lead a collaborative project with publishers, funders & universities

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05.09.2019

European Commission’s Open Access Envoy Joins the cOAlition S Executive Steering Group

Jean-Claude Burgelman is officially nominated to the Executive Steering Group to help ensure the European Commission’s commitment to delivering on the ambitions of Plan S

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02.09.2019

World Health Organization and TDR Join cOAlition S to Support Free and Immediate Access to Health Research

WHO announces it is the first of the United Nations agencies to join the growing coalition of research funders who implement Plan S.

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29.08.2019

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