Nine routes towards Plan S compliance | Innovations in Scholarly Communication

Much has already been said and written about Plan S, the initiative of a group of European research funders to drastically increase and speed up the transition to full open access. Instead of adding to that with statements on whether it is a good idea or on which elements they like and which they do not like, here Jeroen Bosman & Bianca Kramer present and dissect nine possible routes towards compliance. For each of those routes the scheme shows examples (please treat them as such), assessments of effects on various stakeholders and on overall cost and also whether the route aligns with expected changes in the evaluation system.