Negotiations fail between University of California and Elsevier - March 4, 2019
The University of California has announced its decision not to renew its subscriptions with Elsevier. The move comes after months of negotiations over a proposed deal that would have allowed university researchers to publish in Elsevier journals under open-access terms. Research… Read More
New Institute for Scientific Information report on Plan S poses key questions for the research community - March 1, 2019
A new report on Plan S from the Institute for Scientific Information, using Web of Science data poses a number of questions for the research community, including funders, publishers and institutions. This is the second report in the Global Research series from the recently relaunched Institute for Scientific Information. The… Read More
Europe’s open access Plan S unlikely to sway US policy, says Simba Information report - February 28, 2019
A coalition of European national research institutes' bold plan to divert the researchers it funds away from publishing results in journals that collect subscription fees would face a tougher path in the US. This was the consensus of a law and policy panel assembled February 7 by the Association of… Read More
Feedback on the implementation guidance of Plan S generates large public response - February 20, 2019
Over 600 individuals and organisations provided feedback to cOAlition S on the implementation guidance of Plan S. Originating from over 40 countries, respondents providing feedback include researchers, librarians and libraries, publishers and editors, universities, learned societies, research funders and performers, and other interested citizens and organisations.… Read More
Plan S – Physics societies warn of ‘irrecoverable damage’ - February 18, 2019
The European Physical Society (EPS) has warned that a major open-access initiative in Europe could cause ‘irrecoverable damage’ if it is implemented too quickly. In a statement, the EPS says that while it welcomes the proposal – known as Plan S —… Read More
SAGE Publishing issues statement on Plan S - February 14, 2019
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has released a Statement on Plan S. The signatories of Plan S seem frustrated by the pace of transition to open access (OA). However, SAGE believes that the hybrid option is a crucial element in the transformation, as long as it is… Read More
Support for OA Switchboard initiative continues to grow - February 13, 2019
On December 6th 2018, a group of stakeholders representing research funding organisations, academic libraries, scholarly publishers, and open infrastructure providers met in London to discuss a proposal for addressing the growing set of challenges in the implementation of institutional and funder policies supporting open access publication. The result of this… Read More
Canadian Association of Research Libraries submits response to Plan S implementation guidance - February 12, 2019
The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) has submitted the response to Plan S's request for feedback on its implementation guidance. CARL's members include Canada's twenty nine largest university libraries as well as two national libraries. Enhancing research and higher education are at the heart of… Read More
OASPA provides feedback on Plan S implementation - February 11, 2019
As a community of 140 organisations who are committed to the advancement of open access publishing and who represent the majority of the OA journal output in the DOAJ, OASPA is supportive of the intentions of Plan S. A coordinated approach by the funders that… Read More
Hindawi responses to call for feedback on implementation guidelines of Plan S by cOAlition S - February 11, 2019
Hindawi has announced its support for the principles and ambitions of Plan S. Funders have collectively agreed to enforce Open Access with a default CC BY licence for academic articles arising from their grants sends a hugely powerful signal to researchers, publishers, institutions and other actors… Read More
