Radical open-access plan could spell end to journal subscriptions (original) (raw)
- NEWS
- 04 September 2018
Eleven research funders in Europe announce ‘Plan S’ to make all scientific works free to read as soon as they are published.
- 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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