The Evolution of Plan S: As mentioned in the last blog, I was recently asked to speak at the ISMTE North American conference on the evolution of the Plan S. In preparing my talk it seemed remarkable to reflect that only 23 months had passed since Robert-Jan Smits and Marc Schiltz launched Plan S and arguably changed the course of scholarly communication forever.
Since that first announcement we have had periods of reaction, rebellion, consultation, clarification, concession and retrenchment. The most important evolution for many has been the delay of the start to 2021 although that still hasn’t been a long enough delay to allow all the funders to get their policies aligned, indeed the UKRI’s open access policy review is still in progress with only months to go before Plan S is due to start.
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