Open access proves to be as challenging as any scientific problem

摘要

While attending the Canadian Science Policy Conference for CIC last fall, I was introduced to cOAlition S, a European-based open-access publishing initiative that is spearheading a project called Plan S. First launched in 2018, Plan S has been championed by the European Commission and the European Research Council as well as the World Health Organization and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Plan S has also been endorsed by the governments of China and India, two large countries that have become leading producers of scientific articles.