In win for open access, two major funders to bar grantees from publishing in hybrid journals

In win for open access, two major funders to bar grantees from publishing in hybrid journals

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http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/11/win-open-access-two-major-funders-bar-grantees-publishing-hybrid-journals

Headquarters of the Wellcome Trust in London

Plan S, the open-access (OA) initiative launched by the European Commission and Science Europe in September, has gained two major new members. The Wellcome Trust and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation—two of the world’s largest private foundations that support research—announced today they are joining a consortium of 11 European funding agencies in requiring their funded research to be immediately free for all to read on publication.

In win for open access, two major funders to bar grantees from publishing in hybrid journals

Nov 5, 2018, 9:16am UTC
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/11/win-open-access-two-major-funders-bar-grantees-publishing-hybrid-journals > Headquarters of the Wellcome Trust in London > Plan S, the open-access (OA) initiative launched by the European Commission and Science Europe in September, has gained two major new members. The Wellcome Trust and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation—two of the world’s largest private foundations that support research—announced today they are joining a consortium of 11 European funding agencies in requiring their funded research to be immediately free for all to read on publication.