Radical open-access plan could spell end to journal subscriptions (original) (raw)

Eleven research funders in Europe announce ‘Plan S’ to make all scientific works free to read as soon as they are published.

  1. Holly Else

Research funders from France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and eight other European nations have unveiled a radical open-access initiative that could change the face of science publishing in two years — and which has instantly provoked protest from publishers.

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Nature 561, 17-18 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-06178-7

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