Looking forward to working collaboratively with stakeholders on this project!

Towards a framework to enable more transparent communication of Open Access publishing services and their prices

 cOAlition S aims to help make the nature and prices of OA publishing services more transparent, and to enable conversations and comparisons that will build confidence amongst customers that prices are fair and reasonable.

Wellcome - in partnership with UKRI and on behalf of cOAlition S - have appointed Information Power to lead a collaborative project with publishers, funders and universities to develop a framework for these communications. The project team - including Alicia Wise, Lorraine Estelle, and Hazel Woodward – see this as an exciting opportunity to facilitate stakeholders working together to accelerate the transition to Open Access. 

Ultimately, we seek to develop a framework which enables publishers to communicate the price of services in a way that is transparent, practical to implement, and insightful for users.

 The project will run from September through December 2019.