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Plan S launches call for journal checking tool

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Tool will help researchers find compliant journals and platforms

The group of funders behind Plan S has opened an invitation to tender for the development and maintenance of a tool to help scholars find publishing venues that are compliant with the radical open-access initiative.

Due to launch by November, the tool should initially help scholars identify journals and platforms that offer immediate open-access publication with a CC-BY licence and allow authors to retain copyright over their work.

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