Open access Plan S advocates respond to critics

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Hybrid open access model used by many scientific societies not ruled out in new guidance

The group behind the controversial Plan S open access policy has released a guidance document that outlines some of the details of how it will be implemented. One of the most contentious points on publishing in hybrid journals that support both open access and traditional subscription models has been spelt out and will be acceptable providing ‘transformative’ agreements are in place.