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Plan S: how important is open access publishing?

The advent of Plan S promises to turbocharge the open access movement, but amid pushback from researchers and publishers, Rachael Pells examines whether the demand for published research truly merits the disruption

By Rachael Pells

24 January

How much disruption is open access worth?

Evidence of strong public demand for access to papers is scant. Might a sophisticated database of lay summaries be more valuable?

By Paul Jump

24 January

Plan S chief: universities, not open access push, hurting ECRs

Robert-Jan Smits attempts to allay concerns of junior academics considering moving country because of planned publishing shift

By Rachael Pells

19 November

Plan S will bring many changes, but the death of the repository should not be one

On the eve of Open Access Week, Bill Hubbard argues that we must not forget university repositories as the bedrock of open research

By Bill Hubbard

21 October

Got an unpopular opinion about open access? Admit it at your own risk

Everyone appears to be behind open access, but scratch the surface and you’ll find that it’s something of a touchy subject in academia, says Rachael Pells

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Got an unpopular opinion about open access? Admit it at your own risk

Everyone appears to be behind open access, but scratch the surface and you’ll find that it’s something of a touchy subject in academia, says Rachael Pells

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Plan S: how important is open access publishing?

How much disruption is open access worth?

Plan S chief: universities, not open access push, hurting ECRs

Plan S will bring many changes, but the death of the repository should not be one

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