Plan S: A Mandate for Gold OA with Lots of Strings Attached - The Scholarly Kitchen

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Summary:

"While at first, the introduction to the implementation plan sounded like a compromise (hybrid okay for now, no cap yet on Article Processing Charges), the devil is in the details. The technical details make clear that the only acceptable solution is author-pays, APC Gold or Platinum OA. This has been mandated by making all other options nearly impossible. Let me explain...."

Link:

https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2018/12/07/plan-s-a-mandate-for-gold-oa-with-lots-of-strings-attached/

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Tags:

oa.new oa.plan_s oa.implementation oa.mandates oa.hybrid oa.fees oa.no-fee oa.policies

Date tagged:

12/11/2018, 09:19

Date published:

12/11/2018, 04:19