Plan S ‘could prove fatal’ for learned societies

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European funders set 2020 deadline for open access publishing

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4 September

Plan S ‘could prove fatal’ for learned societies

Members say professional organisations dependent on income from subscription-model journals face ‘existential’ threat from landmark open access policy

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Plan S ‘could prove fatal’ for learned societies

Members say professional organisations dependent on income from subscription-model journals face ‘existential’ threat from landmark open access policy

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Open access will curtail profits but not quality or freedom

Plan S: a shock or a solution for academic publishing?

European funders set 2020 deadline for open access publishing

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