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Nov 6, 2018

Wellcome and Gates join bold European open-access plan

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The Wellcome Trust, which gave out £1.1 billion (US$1.4 billion) in grants in 2016–17, is also the first funder to detail how it intends to implement Plan S. Its approach suggests that journals may not need to switch wholesale to open-access (OA) models by 2020 to be compliant with Plan S — if the initiative’s other backers decide on a similar line.


The Wellcome Trust has also announced how it will implement the plan, which could provide a blueprint for others.

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