Examples
Worked examples
- Is an instance
A funder joins cOAlition S and aligns its OA mandate with Plan S principles within 18 months.
- Is an instance
An author uses the Journal Checker Tool to confirm a venue is compliant before submission.
Counter-examples
Looks similar, but isn't
- Not an instance
Claiming Plan S compliance without aligning institutional or funder policy to the ten principles.
- Not an instance
Joining cOAlition S in name only without implementing the rights-retention requirement.
Editorial commentary
cOAlition S was announced on 4 September 2018 by 11 European national funders and the European Commission. It has grown to include funders from outside Europe (notably the Howard Hughes Medical Institute) and major charitable funders (Wellcome Trust, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as observer). Members commit to aligning their open-access policies with the Plan S principles. The coalition is governed by a Coordinator (Johan Rooryck since 2021) and produces guidance on price transparency, rights retention, transformative arrangements and the Journal Checker Tool that authors use to test compliance.
References
- coalition-s.org. Journal Checker Tool (journalcheckertool.org). Science Europe.
Also known as
Coalition S
Machine-readable encodings
Use in your systems
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