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Plan S: An economist's perspective
Author(s) -
Armstrong Mark
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
managerial and decision economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.288
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1099-1468
pISSN - 0143-6570
DOI - 10.1002/mde.3440
Subject(s) - publication , perspective (graphical) , plan (archaeology) , publishing , economics , public economics , law and economics , business , political science , computer science , advertising , law , history , archaeology , artificial intelligence
Many scholarly journals charge high prices to research libraries and generate high profits. Open access regulation, in its various forms, can mitigate this problem. This essay examines one particular policy, “Plan S,” which aims broadly to require regulated authors to publish their research in open access journals, which among other drawbacks of the policy greatly limits their publishing options.