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SciPost: a "marvelous initiative" according to Robert-Jan Smits

13 November 2018 

On 1st of November, the KNAW organized a meeting on Plan S for making Open Access a reality by 2020. At this meeting, Robert-Jan Smits, the driving force behind this plan, gave an enlightening presentation in which he singled out and strongly endorsed SciPost (from 2:00 on), calling it a "marvelous initiative".

Interestingly, he suggested that "Rhodium" was a more appropriate descriptor for SciPost than Platinum or Diamond. In his words, Rhodium is a "precious metal, which is rock solid, highly reflective, and can resist corrosion" and fits SciPost, "which deserves a classification of its own", better.

SciPost is very grateful for this greatly encouraging recognition, and will redouble its efforts in implementing the transition to Open Access by realizing its vision for the future: Plan SciPost.