Plan S for Shock

Introduction

Part One

1.1 Welcome to the world of academic publishing

1.2 What exactly is open access anyway?

1.3 Why OA?

1.4 Academic publishing: a brief history

1.5 The internet and OA: the early pioneers

1.6 The Wellcome Trust and Gates Foundation pave the way for OA

1.7 The Finch Report: taking OA to a political level

1.8 Brussels gets involved; the momentum picks up

1.9 Slow progress: the move towards OA stagnates

1.10 Time for a radical intervention

Part Two

2.1 The open access envoy

2.2 Forming a plan

2.3 The impact on smaller publishers

2.4 Warning bells

2.5 Gaining allies

2.6 The European tour

2.7 Support arrives from the universities

2.8 Gaining support from the younger generation of researchers

2.9 Compromises, compromises

2.10 The Coalition is born

2.11 The first setbacks

2.12 Putting the Science Europe face on; Plan S makes its first headlines

2.13 To the movies

2.14 October 2018: the US road trip

2.15 You win some, you lose some

2.16 Towards a Plan S implementation guidance

2.17 Berlin 2018: a radical intervention

2.18 Celebrating rebels

2.19 Berlin take two: entering the lion's den

2.20 Latin America speaks out

2.21 Big interest from big players ... and another withdrawal

2.22 The goodbye

Part Three

3.1 Changing the narrative

3.2 Reimagining publisher business models

3.3 The future of academic publishing

3.4 Navigating the data-led future

3.5 Plan S as a continued source of debate

3.6 Open science: the new normal

3.7 Taking stock of the legacy

Epilogue: Seven Lessons Learned

1. Make a plan

2. Seek out allies

3. Listen to your peers

4. Communicate, and stay in the news

5. Engage with your opponents

6. Learn to be resilient

7. Know when it is done; plan an exit