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The last 12 months have certainly been eventful for openaccess publishing, particularly with open access, or more generally, open science, hitting the headlines on more than one occasion. The phrase “open access” has been turning a few heads throughout North America and Asia, but nowhere near to the same degree as it has in Europe. The so-called Plan S was released by Science Europe on September 4th, 2018. The main principle of Plan S is that, by 2020, scientific publications resulting from research that was funded by certain public grants must be published in fully compliant open-access journals or on compliant open-access platforms. The announcement was met with mixed feelings throughout the academic and publishing worlds, and the precise details and future implementation of Plan S remain somewhat unclear. Nevertheless, ChemistryOpen is proud to have been the first fully openaccess society-owned chemistry journal, which published its first issue back at the start of 2012, putting us in a strong position going forward. Co-owned and supported by ChemPubSoc Europe (a consortium of 16 European chemical societies), ChemistryOpen remains fully compliant with mandates globally, making it a sound choice for your next openaccess publication.