Plan S and Beyond: Scholastica's Role in the Future of Open Access
peter.suber's bookmarks 2019-11-06
Summary:
"Scholastica will enable easy and affordable journal publishing that is also Plan S compliant for journals using Scholastica’s open access publishing platform and typesetting service by:
- Handling all of the technical requirements: producing XML (in JATS format), supplying rich metadata including license and funding information, etc.
- Developing integrations with external services (e.g. CrossRef’s suite of journal products) to make it easy for journals to leverage industry-standard services, data, and analytics
- Helping journals officially register their Plan S compliance with funders and authors, once the “mechanisms for identifying and signalling whether journals/publishing platforms […] fulfil the cOAlition S requirements” are decided (per the Plan S guidelines)
- Translating Plan S requirements into actionable steps for journals using the Scholastica platform for peer review and/or open access publishing
- Providing clear guides and documentation so journal publishers can easily understand the various requirements and standards, and easily know how to configure their journal account on Scholastica to meet them
- Answering individual questions about Plan S requirements and other professional journal standards from our customers via our support team, at no additional cost
- Monitoring Plan S changes and guidelines, and maintaining both the functionality and guidance we offer our customers
- Continuing to improve the platform — peer review, typesetting, and journal website/content hosting — so it is ever easier for journal publishers and editors to manage high-quality open access journals using Scholastica...."