{"id":3928,"date":"2022-06-03T10:50:25","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T10:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/plan-s-an-update-on-whats-happening-and-whats-in-store\/"},"modified":"2025-01-15T06:25:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T06:25:54","slug":"plan-s-an-update-on-whats-happening-and-whats-in-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/plan-s-an-update-on-whats-happening-and-whats-in-store","title":{"rendered":"Plan S: An update on what\u2019s happening and what\u2019s in store"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:justify; margin:0in 0in 8pt; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#252423\">The COVID-19 pandemic is testament enough to the importance of universal and immediate accessibility to published research. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#252423\">According to one estimate, close to 72% of the world\u2019s research is behind a paywall.<sup>1<\/sup> However, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#252423\">the shift toward open access (OA) is becoming increasingly prominent, and Plan S is part of the OA movement.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:justify; margin:0in 0in 8pt; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b><span style=\"font-size:16.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#252423\">What is Plan S?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:justify; margin:0in 0in 8pt; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\" style=\"color:blue\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/plan-s-the-nuts-and-bolts\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Plan S is an OA publishing initiative<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#252423\"> launched in 2018 by a consortium of <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#222222\">international funders and charitable foundations <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#252423\">(\u201ccOAlition S\u201d). It aims to fast-track the move to a scholarly publishing system wherein there is immediate and free online access to academic publications.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#252423\">Plan S implementation guidelines require that by 2021, researchers funded by public grants publish their work in open repositories or journals that are available to all. The 10 Plan S <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\" style=\"color:blue\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/plan-s-the-nuts-and-bolts\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">principles<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#252423\"> can be summarized as follows: scholarly publications should be released OA instantly upon publication (no paywall or embargo); the preferred Creative Commons license is CC-BY, and the author or their institution retains copyright; and subscription and hybrid journals should commit to transition to full OA. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b><span style=\"font-size:16.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#252423\">Plan S: A timeline of developments<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:justify; margin:0in 0in 8pt; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#252423\">Let\u2019s look at the developments from conception to implementation and beyond.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#252423\">2018<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><i><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">September 2018:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"> Plan S is launched, and its implementation is planned for January 2020.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><i><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">November 2018:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"> Plan S implementation guidance is released, with three pathways for compliance, namely, publication in OA journals or platforms, deposition of versions of record (VoR) or author accepted manuscript (AAM) in OA repositories without embargo, and publication in hybrid journals only under transformative agreements.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#222222\">2019<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 19.5pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><i><span style=\"color:#222222\">June 2019:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color:#222222\"> cOAlition S releases revised implementation guidance on Plan S, with a revised commencement date of January 1, 2021. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#222222\">2020<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#222222\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><i><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#222222\">July 2020:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#222222\"> cOAlition S develops Rights Retention Strategy (RRS) to safeguard researchers\u2019 intellectual ownership rights.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><i><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#222222\">November 2020:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#222222\"> Springer Nature adopts Plan S\u2019s Transformative Journals framework.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><i><span style=\"color:#222222\">November 2020:<\/span><\/i> <span class=\"MsoHyperlink\" style=\"color:blue\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"color:#6595ca\"><a href=\"https:\/\/journalcheckertool.org\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"color:#6595ca\">Journal Checker Tool<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#222222\"> (JCT)<span style=\"background:white\">, a web-based tool to advise researchers on identifying Plan S\u2013compliant publishing options, is released. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"margin: 0in 0in 19.5pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><b><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"color:#222222\">2021 onwards<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><i><span style=\"color:#202122\">January 2021<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color:#202122\">: <i>Science<\/i> publisher <\/span><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"color:#202122\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Science\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\" title=\"American Association for the Advancement of Science\"><span style=\"color:#202122\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><span style=\"text-underline:none\">AAAS<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> announces support of the OA policy in line with Plan S\u2019s green OA rules. Further, 160 Elsevier journals become Plan S\u2013aligned Transformative Journals.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><i><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#202122\">February 2021:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#202122\"> Dozens of publishers, including Elsevier, Wiley, and Springer Nature, announce their opposition to the RRS<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><i><span style=\"color:#222222\">May 2022:<\/span><\/i> <strong><u><span style=\"border:none windowtext 1.0pt; color:#4472c4; padding:0in\"><span style=\"font-weight:normal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/journalcomparisonservice.org\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><b><span style=\"color:#4472c4\">Journal Comparison Service<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/u><\/strong> (JCS), a free service to elucidate publishing fees and services, is released. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:21.0pt; text-align:justify; margin:0in 0in 8pt; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#222222\">By July 2022, only publishers meeting Plan S price agreements will be paid funds for OA<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#252423\">. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">So far, nearly 15 publishers and 2,240 journals have joined the Transformative Journals framework.<\/span><\/span><\/span><sup><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#222222\">3<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b><span style=\"font-size:16.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#252423\">Potential implications of Plan S for individual researchers <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#252423\">Too restrictive?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:justify; margin:0in 0in 8pt; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Authors will need to ensure that their papers resulting from research funded by cOAlition S members follow one of the following three routes: gold OA, <strong>green OA with self-archiving, or <\/strong>a hybrid\/subscription journal that has a transformative arrangement. Some argue that this restricts authors\u2019 freedom to select journals for publishing their work.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:justify; margin:0in 0in 8pt; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Irrespective of the country a researcher is in, <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">international bodies endorsing Plan S may mandate compliance when funding research. To identify one\u2019s funder\u2019s OA policies and compliant journals, researchers can check OA policies using <span class=\"MsoHyperlink\" style=\"color:blue\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/v2.sherpa.ac.uk\/juliet\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Sherpa Juliet<\/a><\/span><\/span>. For Plan S compliance, they can use <span class=\"MsoHyperlink\" style=\"color:blue\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/v2.sherpa.ac.uk\/romeo\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Sherpa Romeo<\/a><\/span><\/span> and JCT. The latter <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">helps authors identify how they can comply with their funder OA mandate when selecting a journal. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Contention about \u201crights retention\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:justify; margin:0in 0in 8pt; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">To avoid conflicts related to RRS, <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">authors must notify the journal at submission that a CC-BY license applies to the AAM per the cOAlition S funders\u2019 policy. If not, authors can end up in trouble, wherein they either have to breach their funder\u2019s grant conditions (by embargoing their AAM) or breach their publishing agreement (by not embargoing their AAM). The former move can affect future funding, while the latter poses a risk of the publisher taking legal action.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Discipline-wise issues<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify; margin:0in 0in 8pt; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">A big concern with Plan S is that g<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">rant funding for APCs is not common in social sciences and humanities, unlike in STEM. Within STEM, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">physics research has been appearing in preprints for decades, while chemistry is dominated by society journals, particularly those published by the American Chemical Society (ACS). Incidentally, the ACS recently committed its portfolio of hybrid journals to become Plan S\u2013aligned Transformative Journals.<sup>4<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify; margin:0in 0in 8pt; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Plan S should consider the challenges and publication practices for different disciplines.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b><span style=\"font-size:16.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#252423\">Potential implications of Plan S for journals and society publishers<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#252423\">Keeping up with the developments<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:justify; margin:0in 0in 8pt; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#252423\">Big and small publishers alike must keep track of the developments in Plan S guidance and implementation. Even fully OA journals need to meet some nuanced requirements. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#252423\">All journals must consider the revised <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\" style=\"color:blue\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coalition-s.org\/technical-guidance_and_requirements\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">technical guidance<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#252423\"> for Plan S implementation.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:justify; margin:0in 0in 8pt; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#252423\">Sustainability issues<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify; margin:0in 0in 8pt; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#222222\">For small independent publishers (including society publishers), who rely on subscription fees from their journals, a full transition to OA is challenging. Similarly, niche journals will struggle to stay afloat and might be discontinued or driven to forge agreements with commercial publishers.<sup>5<\/sup> Thus, collaboration and alignment are needed to support small publishers in making the transition.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#222222\">Overall, publishers support OA but hesitate to comply with Plan S owing to disagreements on largely the monetary aspects.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b><span style=\"font-size:16.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Plan S and region-wise developments<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Europe<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:justify; margin:0in 0in 8pt; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Spearheaded by Europe, Plan S has sparked global interest because of its ramifications on scholarly publishing practices worldwide. cOAlition S members fund research from scholars all over the world. It <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">includes funding bodies in 18 countries, most of which are European nations. There is some dissent within Europe, with <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Germany not signing up and striking \u201cpublish-and-read deals\u201d with large commercial publishers internally<span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"color:#262626\">.<sup>6<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Latin America<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify; margin:0in 0in 8pt; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Interestingly, Latin America has had a non-commercial OA ecosystem in place for long, with publicly funded initiatives<span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"color:#303030\"> (e.g., <\/span><\/span><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\" style=\"color:blue\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"color:#007bff\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latindex.org\/latindex\/inicio?lang=en\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"color:#007bff\">Latindex<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"color:#303030\">, <\/span><\/span><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\" style=\"color:blue\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"color:#007bff\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scielo.org\/php\/index.php?lang=en\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"color:#007bff\">SciELO<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"color:#303030\">, <\/span><\/span><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\" style=\"color:blue\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"color:#007bff\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redalyc.org\/home.oa\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"color:#007bff\">Redalyc<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"color:#303030\">) <\/span><\/span>allowing OA without APCs. <span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"color:black\">In fact, roughly around the time Plan S was being conceived, AmeliCA (Open Knowledge in Latin America and the Global South<\/span><\/span>) was taking shape. Both Plan S and AmeliCA are based on the same principles. Therefore, these countries do not see the need to sign up for Plan S.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Asia<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify; margin:0in 0in 8pt; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">China has expressed interest in moving to the OA model of publishing, making an explicit reference to Plan S. <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">India backtracked on its stance after initially expressing interest. <span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"color:#222222\">This was because the pay-to-publish model of Plan S might not be feasible. <\/span><\/span>India favors OA but plans to devise its own means of achieving the goals sustainably. A \u201cone nation, one subscription\u2019 journal-access plan\u201d is being considered.<sup>7<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">United States<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify; margin:0in 0in 8pt; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">The United States <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">is resisting signing up mainly because of infringement on the freedom to publish in any journal an author wishes. However, US-based <span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"color:black\">Wellcome and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation are part of cOAlition S. They provide funding to researchers worldwide, including academics in the US. Moreover, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"color:#262626\">u<\/span><\/span>niversities can negotiate deals with publishers, e.g., the University of California and Elsevier arrived at a four-year transformative agreement, whereby the university\u2019s researchers can publish OA papers and read content across Elsevier\u2019s journal portfolio.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Africa<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify; margin:0in 0in 8pt; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">The African Academy of Sciences and South African Medical Research Council are members of cOAlition S, even as some researchers have been vocal in their criticism.<sup>8<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify; margin:0in 0in 8pt; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Achieving read-and-publish deals might be challenging for low-income countries and institutes that struggle to negotiate deals,<span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"color:#262626\"> deepening the divide between resource-poor and resource-endowed countries. It is not surprising, therefore, that some of the world\u2019s prolific producers of scientific papers are being cautiously supportive while assessing the fairness of the system. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b><span style=\"font-size:16.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#252423\">The way forward<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify; margin:0in 0in 8pt; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">A recalibration of the publishing process toward unfettered access to publications and data is being welcomed as the \u201cnew normal.\u201d Plan S has driven large commercial publishers to reshape their business models. Plan S implementation is expected to bring about better transparency in APC spending and greater visibility and impact for authors and journals. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify; margin:0in 0in 8pt; margin-right:0in; margin-left:0in\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#252423\">Plan S has galvanized OA and open science, with<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">most stakeholders agreeing with its overarching aim.<span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"color:#14182c\"> Formal <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#292929\">global consultation on Plan S implementation is necessary to gauge <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#333333\">financial impacts on early career researchers and developing countries. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#252423\">Overall, the impact (and success) of the plan may rest on whether the majority of the world\u2019s science funders join in.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#292929\">References<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#252423\">Piwowar, H., et al. <a href=\"https:\/\/peerj.com\/articles\/4375\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"color:#252423\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><span style=\"text-underline:none\">The state of OA: a large-scale analysis of the prevalence and impact of Open Access articles. <i>PeerJ<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><b><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">6<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">: e4375 (<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#252423\">2018<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#252423\">Kulkarni, S. Plan S: The nuts and bolts. <i>Editage Insights<\/i> (2019) <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\" style=\"color:blue\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/plan-s-the-nuts-and-bolts\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/plan-s-the-nuts-and-bolts<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">The sOApbox. Transformative Journals: an initial assessment. <i>The sOApbox<\/i> (2021) <span class=\"MsoHyperlink\" style=\"color:blue\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coalition-s.org\/blog\/transformative-journals-an-initial-assessment\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">https:\/\/www.coalition-s.org\/blog\/transformative-journals-an-initial-assessment\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">The sOApbox. ACS Publications commits its entire hybrid journal portfolio to become Plan S-aligned Transformative Journals <i>The sOApbox<\/i> (2022) <span class=\"MsoHyperlink\" style=\"color:blue\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coalition-s.org\/acs-publications-commits-its-entire-hybrid-journal-portfolio-to-become-plan-s-aligned-transformative-journals\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">https:\/\/www.coalition-s.org\/acs-publications-commits-its-entire-hybrid-journal-portfolio-to-become-plan-s-aligned-transformative-journals\/<\/a><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#222222\">Ekanyaka, S. Plan S and scholarly publishing: Some lessons learned. <i>Scholarly Kitchen<\/i> (2022). https:\/\/scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org\/2022\/03\/08\/guest-post-plan-s-and-scholarly-publishing-some-lessons-learned\/<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#262626\">Projekt DEAL. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\" style=\"color:blue\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.projekt-deal.de\/about-deal\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">https:\/\/www.projekt-deal.de\/about-deal\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#222222\">Mallapaty, S. India pushes bold \u2018one nation, one subscription\u2019 journal-access plan. <i>Nature<\/i> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><b><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">586<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"background:white\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#222222\">, 181\u2013182 (2020)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">International Science Council. 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