The world-famous journal `` Nature '' publisher announces participation in open dissertation project `` Plan S ''

Springer Nature, the publisher of the scholarly journal Nature , announced on April 8, 2020 that it will participate in a project called Plan S, which will enable online open access while publishing dissertations. Researchers say that open access to papers published in academic journals published by Springer Nature will be gradually possible from January 2021.

Nature to join open-access Plan S, publisher says
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01066-5

Access to the latest academic papers is very important for scientific research. However, movements calling for `` open access '' that anyone can access the dissertation are centered in Europe and the United States as `` accessibility to new scholarly dissertation is impaired because the subscription fee of the scholarly journal publishing the dissertation is extremely high '' Is growing.

Universities discontinuing dissertation subscription agreements with Elsevier etc. hating too expensive subscription fees continue-gigazine

In 2018, the European Commission (EC) and several research funding agencies in Europe announced an agreement ` ` cOAlition S '' to make research papers free to read on the date of publication and open papers to be published after 2020 Announced the project 'Plan S' to be published on access journals and open access platforms. The Plan S is supported not only by research funding agencies but also by public interest groups such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Welcome Trust .

What is 'Plan S', a concept that allows all scientific research to be read for free on the date of publication? -GIGAZINE

However, the Nature Magazine editorial department said on February 26, 2019, in the article `` High-profile subscription journals critique Plan S (highly rated subscription journals criticize Plan S) '' In addition to checking the dissertation, by creating science-related news and opinion articles, the quality of academic journals is kept high, so it is impossible to cover the cost only with the dissertation fee. '' Academic journal publishers criticized the lack of benefit of Plan S because it was too fast to respond.

Since then, cOAlition S support organizations have been negotiating with publishers. In addition, from the fact that there is a growing need for open access to the paper under the influence of the new coronavirus infection pandemic, support groups is a revision of cOAlition S on April 8, 2020 announcement , and scholarly publishers open access The transition to has been slower.

In this revision, the rule that `` publishers will fully transition to open access by December 2024 '' is removed from cOAlition S, and `` the time before academic journal publishers fully support open access '' is increased Was. In addition, restrictions on performance reviews and annual growth of open access content imposed on academic publishers have been relaxed.

In response, Springer Nature announced that it was the first major journal publisher to participate in Plan S, stating that ' compliance with cOAlition S was possible .' However, Springer Nature says that `` explanation on management transparency in performing open access is still necessary '', and that details on how open access is actually possible have not been decided He states that specific contents will be announced in the second half of 2020.

`` The revised goals are very difficult, but we will do everything we can to achieve them, '' said Steven Inchcoombe, Chief Publishing and Solutions Officer for Springer Nature. Clarified that negotiations will continue.