20.11.2025
After Coalition S disrupted scientific publishing, new plan retreats from strict requirements
« In 2018, a group of national and philanthropic scientific funders, many based in Europe, shook up scientists and publishers worldwide with a new rule: Starting in 2021, their grantees had to publish their research findings immediately free to read. The controversial move, called Plan S (for “shock,” by some accounts), has been credited with helping boost the share of all newly published scientific papers published as open access above 50%. (…) »
source > science.org, Jeffrey Brainard, 12 novembre 2025, doi: 10.1126/science.zp6a1kl