Plan S at BMJ for authors

What is Plan S? (and what does it mean for me as an author?)
Plan S is an initiative to drive wider adoption of open access publishing that was launched in 2018 by cOAlition S, an international consortium of organisations who fund or carry out research. The first and main objective was to require that, from 2021, publicly-funded research must only be published in journals or on platforms on an open access basis without embargo.

Authors can use the following routes to comply with Plan S, all of which are supported by BMJ Group:

• Publish in open access journals or platforms – A third of our journals are fully open access. In this model, authors pay an Article Processing Charge (APC) levied upon acceptance to make the article immediately available on publication. Most cOAlition S funders will continue to financially support APCs in open access journals. Browse our full list of open access journals.
• Publish in subscription journals AND make the article available in an open access repository, but cOAlition S funders will not cover any open access charges involved. Learn more about our Green open access policy.

Read further information about Plan S and related topics.