Plan S – Researchers’ views Tony Kenyon UCL Faculty of Engineering Sciences Plan S – Researchers’ views Tony Kenyon Vice Dean (Research) 24 June, 2019
“Plan S? That’s the thing that’s going to stop us publishing, right?”
Researchers agree with OA, BUT: Don’t like being told where to publish Worry about promotion Worry about wider career prospects Worry who will pay
The scale of the problem IEEE publishes >100 hybrid journals But only 20 gold open access journals Plus IEEE Access (electronic)
Worry number 1: Will researchers still be able to publish in the most appropriate journal?
Worry number 2: Many research funders have a dual mission … to, on the one hand, support excellent research and, on the other, support the creation of the next generation of research leaders. The current implementation of Plan S works completely counter to the second aspect. Will early career researchers be unfairly penalised?
Worry number 3: Will Europe be disadvantaged?
Worry number 4: Will publishers hike the cost of publication? And who will bear that cost?
Worry number 5: What about non-publicly funded research?
Worry number 5: CC-BY licence is a problem for the Humanities. CC-BY-ND is essential
Thank you for your attention. Questions?