Plan S

For the sabotage campaign by Irish republicans, see S-Plan.

Plan S is an initiative for open-access science publishing launched in 2018[1][2] by "cOAlition S",[3] a consortium of national research agencies and funders from twelve European countries. The plan requires scientists and researchers who benefit from state-funded research organisations and institutions to publish their work in open repositories or in journals that are available to all by 2021.[4] The "S" stands for "shock".[5]

Per 2017 figures, the mandate of Plan S will cover about 6% of worldwide research articles, including about one third of articles in Nature and Science. Major publishers have been planning to accommodate this mandate by offering (or allowing) open access options to authors.[6]

  1. ^ "Coalition of European Funders Announces 'Plan S' to Require Full OA, Cap APCs, & Disallow Publication in Hybrid Journals". SPARC. 4 September 2018. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Plan S: Accelerating the transition to full and immediate Open Access to scientific publications" (PDF). Science Europe. 4 September 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Science Europe – cOAlition S". scienceeurope.org. Archived from the original on 5 October 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  4. ^ "European countries demand that publicly funded research should be free to all". The Economist. 15 September 2018. Archived from the original on 2 October 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  5. ^ Biemans, Claud (March 2019). "Hobbels op weg naar open wetenschap". Nederlands Tijschrift voor Natuurkunde (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 25 February 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019. De S staat voor shock. (Robbert-Jan Smits, presentation at the Physics@Veldhoven conference, 22 January 2019).
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