1. Plan S – Researchers’ views Tony Kenyon
UCL Faculty of Engineering Sciences
Plan S – Researchers’ views
Tony Kenyon
Vice Dean (Research)
24 June, 2019

2. “Plan S? That’s the thing that’s going to stop us publishing, right?”

3. 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

4. The scale of the problem
IEEE publishes >100 hybrid journals
But only 20 gold open access journals
Plus IEEE Access (electronic)

5. Worry number 1:
Will researchers still be able to publish in the most appropriate journal?

6. 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?

7. Worry number 3:
Will Europe be disadvantaged?

8. Worry number 4:
Will publishers hike the cost of publication? And who will bear that cost?

9. Worry number 5:
What about non-publicly funded research?

10. Worry number 5:
CC-BY licence is a problem for the Humanities. CC-BY-ND is essential

11. Thank you for your attention.
Questions?