Getting to the heart of the Plan S debate - Research Consulting
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Summary:
It is no exaggeration to say that many hundreds, if not thousands, of organisations and individuals will be submitting responses to the Plan S consultation. The level of interest generated reflects the ambitious and, many would argue, divisive nature of the Plan’s 10 principles, and the accompanying guidance. In my article “From coalition to commons: Plan S and the future of scholarly communication“, I argue that Plan S seeks to use regulated market mechanisms and an institution of collective action (‘cOAlition S’) to create and govern an intellectual commons. I explain what I mean by these terms in the article itself, but in short I believe understanding the Plan in this way can help us make sense of some of the responses to it.