Dozens of publishers oppose key provision in open access Plan S

More than 50 publishers, including the American Chemical Society, have signed a statement opposing a controversial provision on authors’ rights put forward by Coalition S, the international consortium of funders behind the open access publishing initiative Plan S. At issue is a Rights Retention Strategy (RRS) that is intended to safeguard the intellectual ownership rights of researchers, empower them to publish in their journal of choice and avoid unreasonable embargo periods.