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Archives: Plan S

Guest Post – Plan S and Scholarly Publishing: Some Lessons Learned

Sally Ekanayaka reviews a webinar featuring several key players in implementing Plan S and asks what lessons have been learned?

  • By Sally Ekanayaka
  • Mar 8, 2022
  • 2 Comments

Guest Post — Why the Plan S Rights Retention Strategy Probably Won’t Work

Shaun Khoo discusses the legal quandaries created by the Plan S Rights Retention Strategy (RRS).

  • By Shaun Khoo
  • Jul 27, 2021
  • 9 Comments

Explaining the Rights Retention Strategy

Unpacking each word — rights, retention, and strategy — enables understanding what this policy is and how it functions within the Plan S compliance framework.

  • By Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe
  • Feb 17, 2021
  • 24 Comments

cOAlition S’s Rights Confiscation Strategy Continues

By calling its new policy a “Rights Retention Strategy,” cOAlition S is engaging in doublespeak. This strategy actually does exactly the opposite of what it claims.

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Jul 20, 2020
  • 65 Comments

The Kitchen at the APE: Five Chefs Share Takeaways from the 2020 Academic Publishing in Europe Conference

Here are some takeaways from last week’s Academic Publishing in Europe meeting, from Chefs who were there (either physically or virtually).

  • By Rick Anderson, Ann Michael, Roger C. Schonfeld, Michael Clarke, Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe
  • Jan 23, 2020
  • 13 Comments

Will the Hybrid Journal Be Transformed by Plan S?

Plan S proposes criteria for the “transformative journal” – how are publishers responding?

  • By Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe
  • Dec 17, 2019
  • 11 Comments

Can Geowalling Save Open Access?

Geowalling open content is proposed yet again. As a thought experiment, @lisalibrarian explores what Plan S principles would be compromised by this tactic.

  • By Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe
  • Nov 14, 2019
  • 29 Comments

If At First You Don’t Succeed … Make Another Response to Plan S?

cOAlition S rebuffed recommendations for continuing hybrid and supporting sister journals. Springer Nature tries again with concept of the “Transformative Publisher.” Thoughts?

  • By Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe
  • May 8, 2019
  • 13 Comments

Ask The Chefs: Society Sustainability

With many professional societies finding their revenue sources under pressure, this month we asked the Chefs: How might professional societies continue to be sustainable?

  • By Ann Michael
  • Mar 28, 2019
  • 3 Comments

Strategic and Non-strategic Society Publishing

Many society publishers, concerned about the disruptive implications, of Plan S, are nervously considering selling off their publishing assets.

  • By Joseph Esposito
  • Mar 18, 2019
  • 48 Comments

Why You Should Care about Open Access: An Open Letter to Scholarly and Scientific Authors

If you’re a scholarly and scientific author and you think the open access movement is irrelevant to your interests, think again.

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Feb 21, 2019
  • 31 Comments

Is Hybrid a Valid Pathway to Open Access? Publishers Argue Yes, in Response to Plan S

As we await the next communication from Coalition S, the largest publishers indicate that they will not abandon the hybrid pathway for open access.

  • By Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe
  • Feb 19, 2019
  • 11 Comments

Taking Stock of the Feedback on Plan S Implementation Guidance

With thousand of pages of feedback on the Plans S implementation guidance, what themes emerged that might guide next steps? By @lisalibrarian

  • By Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe
  • Feb 11, 2019
  • 26 Comments

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Baffling Funder Mandate

Famed detective Sherlock Holmes does his best to help his friend Dr. Watson figure out how best to comply with the requirements of Plan S.

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Jan 15, 2019
  • 24 Comments

Plan S: What About Researchers?

In this article, Robert Harington implores Plan S leaders and funders to take researcher needs to heart.

  • By Robert Harington
  • Jan 14, 2019
  • 28 Comments
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