cOAlition S Releases Revised Plan S Implementation Guidance, Start Date Now January 1, 2021

Note: As we’ve done with other Plan S items we will update this post with comments and media report as they become available. Please check back. 

From cOAlition S:

Today cOAlition S releases revised guidance on Plan S implementation which has been approved by all coalition members. “Plan S is a bold step forward which the European Commission, along with a growing number of national funders, is committed to implement” explained Carlos Moedas, the European Commissioner for Science, Research and Innovation.

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Changes include an extension to the formal commencement point for Plan S which will now take effect from 1 January 2021. This new timetable provides more opportunity for researchers, institutions, publishers, and repositories to make changes and for funders’ policies to develop and take effect. The Plan S principles now also reflect a commitment made by the funders to revise methods of research assessment along the lines of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA).

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Resources (Posted May 2019)

Direct to Revised Guidance: “Accelerating the Transition to Full and Immediate Open Access to Scientific Publications” ||| PDF Version (9 pages)

Direct to Rationale for the Revisions Made To The Plan S Principles And Implementation Guidance ||| PDF Version (9 pages)

Statements/Reactions

• COAR
• Elsevier
• JISC
• PLOS
• Springer Nature
• Wellcome

Media Coverage

Ambitious Open-Access Plan S Delayed to Let Research Community Adapt

Plan S Start Date Delayed to January 2021 (via The Bookseller)
Includes comments from SAGE, ALPSP, and Publishers Association.

Background

Roundup: Responses/Comments/Feedback From Publishers and Organizations on Implementation and Impact of Plan S (February 2019)

New Guidance on Implementation of Plan S Released (Draft) (November 2019)

cOAlition S (Plan S): A Coalition of European Research Funding Organisations Announces Commitment to Make Open Access to Research Publications a Reality by 2020 (September 2018)

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