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I am concerned that Plan S will limit my choice of journal in which to publish. How is cOAlition S ensuring I can publish in the journal most suitable for my research?

cOAlition S funders want their grantees to have the opportunity to continue publishing results in a wide variety of journals. To that end it offers a number of options and initiatives to ensure that as many journals as possible can align their policies with Plan S:

• Three routes to compliance including a subscription venue (repository route) for publications that cannot transition to OA at this time.
• Following the SPA-OPS report working with learned societies on models to transition to OA.
• Commissioning a gap analysis to inform decision making.
• Ongoing engagement with researchers, libraries, institutions and publishers including via the cOAlition S Ambassadors, the Monitoring Effects of Plan S Working Group, and collaboration with COAR initiative.