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

Diamond unearthed: shining light on community-driven Open Access publishing

cOAlition S and Science Europe are pleased to announce the publication of an in-depth report and recommendations arising from a study of “OA diamond journals”.

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09.03.2021

cOAlition S develops “Rights Retention Strategy” to safeguard researchers’ intellectual ownership rights and suppress unreasonable embargo periods

Publishers commonly require authors to sign exclusive publishing agreements which restrict what authors can do with their research findings, {...}

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15.07.2020

cOAlition S announces price transparency requirements

From July 2022 only publishers who adhere to the newly approved Plan S price transparency frameworks will be eligible to access funds from cOAlition {...}

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18.05.2020

cOAlition S publishes updated criteria for Transformative Journals

Following a public consultation cOAlition S announces updated criteria for Transformative Journals cOAlition S endorses several strategies to {...}

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08.04.2020

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

cOAlition S Appoints Johan Rooryck as Open Access Champion

Johan Rooryck is Professor of French Linguistics at Leiden University. This role has been created to help present, promote, and develop Plan S as the initiative moves towards implementation.

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28.08.2019

cOAlition S Appoints Jisc Expert to Accelerate Open Access

Neil Jacobs, Head of Open Science and research lifecycle at UK not-for-profit, Jisc, has been appointed as interim programme manager for cOAlition S.

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05.06.2019