The push to make scientific studies available for free - Big Think

"Launched in 2018, cOAlition S is trying to make all of the world's state-backed scientific papers open-access.

Prestigious publishers like Springer Nature and Elsevier have now adopted a Plan S option for researchers.

While more studies will be available to read for free, some of the expense is being passed back to authors, which could limit research in the future...."