Journal publishers have struck back against Plan S, the requirement that researchers publish findings of publicly funded research in open access journals. According to this article, "700 researchers from across Europe and beyond have signed an open letter criticising Plan S." It's currently 870 researchers, mostly from Europe, and overwhelmingly from chemistry departments (which seems off to me). There's considerable hyperbole, for example, the claim that "we won't even be able to legally read the most important [society] journals of, for example, the American Chemical Society." This comes after reports that "the London-based Wellcome Trust and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle, Washington, announced they were both endorsing 'Plan S'."
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