cOAlition S: New project to review progress on transformative Open Access agreements between library consortia and smaller independent publishers The follow up to the “Society Publishers Accelerating Open access and Plan S” project cOAlition S aims to work with learned societies, libraries,…
cOAlition S: Making full and immediate Open Access a reality 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…
cOAlition S: Making full and immediate Open Access a reality 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,…
cOAlition S releases the Journal Checker Tool, a search engine that checks Plan S compliance cOAlition S is excited to announce today, 18 November, the release of the Journal Checker Tool (JCT) in beta. The JCT is a web-based tool which provides clear advice to researchers on how they can comply…
cOAlition S publishes updated criteria for Transformative Journals 8 April 2020 Following a public consultation cOAlition S announces updated criteria for Transformative Journals. cOAlition S endorses several strategies to encourage subscription publishers to transition to full and immediate…
cOAlition S is pleased to announce the release of an independent, comprehensive study assessing the impact of Plan S on the scholarly communication landscape. Conducted by scidecode science consulting, following a tender process, this study provides the first assessment of the impact of Plan S five…
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 S members. Adhering to Plan’s S key principle of transparent pricing, cOAlition S publishes…
