An HSS perspective on the mandatory criteria for transformative journals

This is an open letter to the funders, government bodies and institutions that support Plan S and will be submitted to the open consultation of cOAlition S draft framework for transformative journals.

We thank you for the provision of a draft framework for transformative journals and appreciate the opportunity to consult on the guidance. We are responding from the perspective of publishers working across the Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) who typically publish a large proportion of unfunded authors, be that by region, discipline or organisational setting.