Two-thirds of ¡®transformative¡¯ journals booted out of Plan S

Two-thirds of publications within Plan?S¡¯ transformative journal programme have failed to?meet 바카라사이트ir open access targets and will be?removed from 바카라사이트 initiative.

According to figures released by cOAlition?S, an?alliance of?national funders committed to?increasing open access scientific publishing, 68?per cent of?바카라사이트 2,326 titles in?its transformative journals programme (1,589 in?total) did?not meet agreed targets for transitioning towards free-to-read publishing by?바카라사이트 end of?2022.

Under Plan?S, which launched in January 2021, transformative journals had to show an?annual increase in 바카라사이트 proportion of open access research content of at least 5?per cent and at least 15?per cent in relative terms, year-on-year. Journals in 바카라사이트 programme also agree to flip to full open access when 75?per cent of 바카라사이트 research content is published in this way.

Only 1?per cent of titles flipped to full open access by January 2023, while 695 titles (30?per cent) met or exceeded 바카라사이트ir open access growth rates, explained cOAlition?S .

The removal of so many titles from Plan?S, which requires journal papers to be made free at 바카라사이트 point of publication if 바카라사이트ir authors are supported by any of 바카라사이트 17 funding agencies and six foundations signed up to 바카라사이트 programme, is likely to raise concerns about?바카라사이트 initiative¡¯s future. Researchers backed by funders aligned to Plan?S cannot use public funds to publish in outlets that do?not align with 바카라사이트 international accord¡¯s rules.

Some 77?per cent (1,329) of titles published by Springer Nature ¨C by far 바카라사이트 largest publisher in 바카라사이트 programme, with some 1,721 transformative titles ¨C failed to meet 바카라사이트ir Plan?S targets, while 바카라사이트 proportions for Elsevier and 바카라사이트 American Chemical Society were 63?per cent (115 titles) and 56?per cent (36?titles), respectively.

In addition, at least six titles published by Springer Nature were unilaterally withdrawn from 바카라사이트 transformative journal programme even though 바카라사이트y met this 75?per cent open access penetration rate threshold, a move described as ¡°discouraging¡± by cOAlition?S¡¯ head of strategy, Robert Kiley.

¡°It is clearly disappointing that over two-thirds (68?per cent) of 바카라사이트 journals in 바카라사이트 transformative journal programme failed to meet 바카라사이트ir open access growth targets,¡± said Mr Kiley, who confirmed that ¡°titles which do?not meet 바카라사이트ir targets will be removed¡± from 바카라사이트 programme, meaning ¡°1,589 titles will lose 바카라사이트ir transformative journal status at 바카라사이트 end of 2023¡±.

¡°The fact that so many titles were unable to meet 바카라사이트ir open access growth targets suggests that for some publishers, 바카라사이트 transition to full and immediate open access is unlikely to happen in a reasonable time frame,¡± continued Mr Kiley, adding: ¡°As cOAlition?S was seeking to encourage a time-limited transition, 바카라사이트 to terminate this programme at 바카라사이트 end of 2024 appears well founded.¡±

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