Editing Elsevier (section)

===== Plan S open-access initiative =====
The [[Plan S]] open-access initiative, which began in Europe and has since spread to some US research funding agencies, would require researchers receiving some grants to publish in open-access journals by 2020.<ref name="US_funders">{{cite journal |last1=Noorden |first1=Richard Van |date=5 November 2018 |title=Wellcome and Gates join bold European open-access plan |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07300-5 |url-status=live |journal=Nature |doi=10.1038/d41586-018-07300-5 |s2cid=239818967 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116071302/https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07300-5 |archive-date=16 November 2020 |access-date=16 January 2019|url-access=subscription }}</ref> A spokesman for Elsevier said "If you think that information should be free of charge, go to [[Wikipedia]]".<ref>{{cite news |last=Keulemans |first=Maarten |date=4 September 2018 |title=11 EU-landen besluiten: vanaf 2020 moet alle wetenschappelijke literatuur gratis beschikbaar zijn |url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/11-eu-landen-besluiten-vanaf-2020-moet-alle-wetenschappelijke-literatuur-gratis-beschikbaar-zijn~be002c39/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907221521/https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/11-eu-landen-besluiten-vanaf-2020-moet-alle-wetenschappelijke-literatuur-gratis-beschikbaar-zijn~be002c39/ |archive-date=7 September 2018 |access-date=25 September 2018 |newspaper=De Volkskrant |language=nl |quote=Als je vindt dat informatie gratis moet zijn: ga naar Wikipedia.}}</ref> In September 2018, [[UBS]] advised to sell Elsevier (RELX) stocks, noting that Plan S could affect 5-10% of scientific funding and may force Elsevier to reduce pricing.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Elder |first1=Bryce |date=12 September 2018 |title=Stocks to watch: SSE, BAT, Galápagos, RELX, Telefónica, RBS |url=https://www.ft.com/content/2a2064e2-b669-11e8-bbc3-ccd7de085ffe |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/2a2064e2-b669-11e8-bbc3-ccd7de085ffe |archive-date=10 December 2022 |access-date=14 October 2018 |work=[[Financial Times]]}}</ref>