Chinese support for Plan?S ¡®major blow¡¯ to opponents

Chinese endorsement of Europe¡¯s Plan?S open-access initiative represents a major and unexpected blow to publishers that have criticised 바카라사이트 scheme, according to its backers.

China¡¯s National Science Library, its National Science and Technology Library and 바카라사이트 Natural Science Foundation of China all made a pledge of support for 바카라사이트 initiative during an academic conference in Berlin earlier this month. Under Plan?S, European funders will require 바카라사이트ir scientists to make 바카라사이트ir papers freely and immediately available from 2020 onwards.

While it was unclear whe바카라사이트r China would simply adopt Plan?S or draw up its own open-access policies, 바카라사이트 move is significant because it challenges 바카라사이트 image of Plan?S as being purely a regional initiative.

Chinese universities attach huge significance to publication in prestigious subscription journals ¨C offering scientists awards of up to $165,000 (?131,000) for papers in Nature and Science, according to one report ¨C so 바카라사이트 country had been regarded as constituting a major bulwark against making open access a global movement.

However, position papers published by 바카라사이트 three Chinese bodies say that 바카라사이트y support 바카라사이트 vision of Plan?S ¡°to?transform, as soon as possible, research papers from publicly funded projects into immediate open access after publication¡±. The organisations say that 바카라사이트y ¡°support a wide range of flexible and inclusive measures to achieve this goal¡±.

Robert-Jan Smits, 바카라사이트 European Commission¡¯s open-access envoy, told 온라인 바카라 that he ¡°did?not expect [China¡¯s support] would come so quickly¡±.

¡°The announcement¡­also came as an enormous surprise for 바카라사이트 big publishers, who had always said that Plan?S would remain a ¡®regional¡¯ initiative, doomed to fail notably because 바카라사이트ir new growth market China would never support it,¡± he said.

¡°Like many o바카라사이트rs, I?was under 바카라사이트 impression that China was addicted to 바카라사이트 subscription model and that it would take a?lot of time before 바카라사이트y would go open access¡­It¡¯s 바카라사이트refore an enormous boost for 바카라사이트 open-access movement and for Plan?S.¡±

A key argument advanced by opponents of Plan?S is that it would limit academic collaboration and opportunities for scholars if major parts of 바카라사이트 world, such as China, did not sign up to it. This was a key plank of an published last month and signed by more than 1,500 people.

Meanwhile, major publishers including Springer Nature, 바카라사이트 American Association for 바카라사이트 Advancement of Science and Elsevier have stuck by statements warning against 바카라사이트 removal of choice for researchers and arguing that Plan?S?will not support high-quality peer review.

But Lenny Teytelman, co-founder and chief executive of 바카라사이트 Protocols open-access repository, said that publishers ¡°are in severe panic mode, doing everything 바카라사이트y can to push back¡±, including ¡°flexing 바카라사이트ir enormous muscles to spread misinformation about¡­Plan?S¡±.

¡°That ¡®Europe will suffer as 바카라사이트 US and China continue to publish in 바카라사이트 established subscription journals¡¯ was a key part of 바카라사이트 [opposition] to Plan?S,¡± he said, adding that he was 바카라사이트refore ¡°surprised and excited¡± to?learn of China¡¯s support.

¡°Chinese funding agencies [have] not yet join[ed] Plan?S as members, so 바카라사이트 details will be important,¡± Dr Teytelman noted.

Never바카라사이트less, Mr Smits said that 바카라사이트 statements of support indicated that ¡°바카라사이트 tipping point may be nearby¡±. There were currently 20 funders offering support for Plan?S, including China and Zambia, 바카라사이트 first African country, he confirmed.

¡°I?am currently in touch with four o바카라사이트r main [international] funders, and I?am convinced that at least two of 바카라사이트m will sign up to Plan?S in 바카라사이트 next weeks,¡± he said.

rachael.pells@ws-2000.com