FRQ Membership in cOAlition S: What are the Possible Consequences for Québec Journals?

By Simon van Bellen

On June 1, 2021, the Fonds de Recherche du Québec (FRQ) announced they had joined cOAlition S, making them the first public organization in North America to apply the principles of Plan S, effective March 2023. An ambitious initiative…

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On June 1, 2021, the Fonds de Recherche du Québec (FRQ) announced they had joined cOAlition S, making them the first public organization in North America to apply the principles of Plan S, effective March 2023. An ambitious initiative launched in 2018 by a group of European organizations under the name cOAlition S, Plan S aims to implement immediate open access to scholarly publications based on research projects funded by their members.

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Original publication: van Bellen, Simon. "FRQ Membership in cOAlition S: What are the Possible Consequences for Québec Journals?." Open Scholarship Policy Observatory, 1 Apr. 2022, https://ospolicyobservatory.uvic.ca/frq-membership-in-coalition-s/.

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