Open Access, Plan S, and researchers’ needs | EMBO reports
peter.suber's bookmarks 2020-09-14
Summary:
"As a former ERC grantee, and a strong proponent of Open Science, I welcome the statement by the ERC [about Plan S]. Their concerns are similar to those raised in our Open Letter, as well as the detailed Plan S risk analysis performed by the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) (Carling et al, 2018)....The ERC has called for Open Access plans to respect researchers’ needs (European Research Council, 2020a). I hope this call will be seriously taken into account when implementing current and future Open Access plans...."