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Coalition S confirms switch away from transformative journals

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Funder group reports “many publishers experienced problems meeting their open-access growth targets” in initiative

Coalition S, the group of funders requiring immediate open access to papers reporting research they have supported, has confirmed it will end its support for ‘transformative journals’ this year.

The group coined the phrase for journals that agreed to participate in a Coalition S initiative to shift their content away from subscription-based paywalls towards open access at a certain rate.

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