Architect of bold European open-access plan heads to Washington to garner US support (original) (raw)

Robert-Jan Smits takes Plan S to the White House to seek support from US funders and policymakers.

  1. Holly Else

A month after European funders launched the ‘Plan S’ initiative to demand immediate open access to scientific literature in the next two years, the plan’s creators have revealed more details about their bold scheme — and are hurriedly trying to get support from US policymakers.

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Nature 562, 174 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-06936-7

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