Open access publishing: Plan proposes putting researchers in driving seat

Plans have been announced to expand an open access model that could affect all medical and scientific journals by giving authors far greater control over publishing.A group of research funding agencies called Coalition S has published proposals for the next step in its plan to strengthen a model of full and immediate open access science publishing known as Plan S.1 The plan encourages a move towards “responsible” science publication without paywalls, with the aim of creating a more efficient publishing system that has fairer pricing and access.A consultation report published on 31 October said that since the Plan S principles were first published in 2018 the “move toward full and immediate open access (OA) has become global and irreversible.”2However, academic publishing practices were not keeping up with rapid advances in the way science was performed, openly disseminated, and used, the report argued, undermining the goal of universal open access for…
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