{"id":1613,"date":"2021-01-27T09:49:40","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T09:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/?p=1613"},"modified":"2021-01-27T09:57:34","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T09:57:34","slug":"the-plan-s-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/2021\/01\/27\/the-plan-s-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"The Plan S initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_post_title et_pb_post_title_0 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_text_align_left\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_title_container\">\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem\">What is Plan S?<\/b><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<p>Launched in 2018, <em><strong>Plan S<\/strong><\/em> is an initiative for full and immediate open access publishing supported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coalition-s.org\/\">cOAlition S<\/a>. This initiative requires that from 2021, scientific publications that result from research funded by public grants must be published in compliant open access journals, platforms or repositories.<\/p>\n<p>cOAlition S are a group of national research funders, European and international organisations and charitable foundations that have agreed to implement the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coalition-s.org\/plan_s_principles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">10 principles of Plan S<\/a> in a coordinated way. Browse all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coalition-s.org\/organisations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cOAlition S funders<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/files\/2021\/01\/img-home-500.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1614 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/files\/2021\/01\/img-home-500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"559\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/files\/2021\/01\/img-home-500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/files\/2021\/01\/img-home-500-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 559px) 100vw, 559px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are three routes for authors to be compliant with Plan S:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Publish in open access journals or platforms<\/li>\n<li>Publish in subscription journals and make the article available in an open access repository, but cOAlition S will not financially support any open access charges<\/li>\n<li>Publish open access in a subscription journal under a transformative arrangement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What are transformative arrangements?<\/b><br \/>\nTransformative arrangements are strategies supported by cOAlition S to encourage subscription publishers to transition to open access by 2025, this includes transformative agreements (Publish and Read) and transformative journals.<\/p>\n<p><b>How is BMJ compliant with Plan S?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>At BMJ, we continue to offer authors multiple options for publication, regardless of their funding situation. We comply with Plan S requirements by:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Offering fully open access journals:<\/strong> A third of our journals are fully open access. In this model, authors pay an Article Processing Charge (APC) levied upon acceptance to make the article immediately available on publication. cOAlition S funders will continue to financially support APCs in open access journals.\u00a0Browse the full list of our <a href=\"https:\/\/authors.bmj.com\/open-access\/fully-oa-journals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">open access journals<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Adopting transformative arrangements<\/strong>, this includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Publish and Read agreements<\/strong>: at BMJ these are tailored and designed to support institutions transition to open access. They remove the burden of publishing fees from individual authors, as well as providing read access to all existing and forthcoming BMJ journal content.\u00a0Read more about our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmj.com\/company\/open-access-for-librarians\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">open access agreements<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Transformative Journals<\/strong> (TJs): 33 of our journals have now received <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coalition-s.org\/plan-s-compliant-transformative-journals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TJ status by cOAlition S<\/a>. These journals are committed to gradually transitioning all research content to open access. TJs proactively promote open access while ensuring that all authors can continue to publish in them, regardless of their funding provision.\u00a0Find out more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmj.com\/company\/openaccess-transformative-journals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Transformative Journals<\/a> and browse the full list of <a href=\"https:\/\/authors.bmj.com\/open-access\/transformative-journals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BMJ\u2019s TJs<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>cOAlition S funders will continue to financially support APCs in journals that adopt transformative arrangements.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--TrendMD v2.4.8--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Plan S? Launched in 2018, Plan S is an initiative for full and immediate open access publishing supported by cOAlition S. 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