The Guild: Feedback on the Implementation Guidance of Plan S

Feedback with recommendations and answers to two main questions. The first one comprises eleven points, aimed directly at the Implementation Guidance of Plan S document.

Question 1 - Is there anything unclear or are there any issues that have not been addressed by the guidance document?

1. Aim and scope of Plan S
2. Plan S compliance
3. Publication costs
4. Supporting Quality Open Access Journals and Platforms
5. Timeline
6. Review
7. Compliance and Sanctioning

Technical Guidance and Requirements

      8. Licencing and Rights

      9. Open Access Journals and Platforms

    10. Deposition of Scholarly Content in Open Access Repositories

    11. Transformative agreements

Question 2 - Are there other mechanisms or requirements funders should consider to foster full and immediate Open Access of research outputs?