iop2022tib

Publisher

IOP Publishing
Agreement ID iop2022tib
Agreement labeling IOP Read & Publish Licence Agreement
Has the agreement been fully disclosed and published? No
Agreement period 01/01/2022 – 12/31/2024
Consortia / Institution TIB Consortium
Country Germany
SIZE

Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications

 600
COSTS

How do the costs of the agreement relate to previous subscription-only agreements with the publisher?

 Cost increase
Comments on cost development The cost increase reflects the inclusion of unlimited Open Access publication of articles by corresponding authors. The list of eligible hybrid journals was expanded to include 56 hybrid journals (+ 14 from the previous agreement). In addition, publications in 15 fully OA journals are now covered by the agreement for the first time. On the institutional level the cost increase varies according to the historical publication output from 2019-2020.
FINANCIAL SHIFT

Transfomative agreements vary by their transformative mechanisms, meaning the way in which financing is shifted from the subscription side to open access publishing. What are the characteristics of this agreement to this regard?

 Subscriptions partly converted to OA publishing fees
RISK SHARING

How do entitlements for open access publishing correlate to the anticipated article output? Which mechanisms for risk sharing have been agreed in cases of exceeding or not reaching the number of OA publishing entitlements?

 

 No mechanisms for risk sharing have been agreed due to the agreement covering an unlimited amount of articles
OA COVERAGE

Are all journals relevant to your affiliated authors (in which you expect them to publish) eligible for OA publishing under the agreement?

 Yes
Are fully open access journals covered by the agreement? Yes
OA LICENSE CC-BY mandatory
ARTICLE TYPES
 Original research articles
Review articles
Letters
Special Issue paper
ACCESS COSTS

What is the approximate share of access related costs of the overall agreement?

 20%-50%
ACCESS COVERAGE

Are all read relevant journals covered by the agreement?

 Yes
PERPETUAL ACCESS RIGHTS Yes
WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT Too early to assess
OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS We expect that with the Read & Publish deal the majority of costs associated with the IOP portfolio are covered under the agreement (i.e. limiting author-facing APCs and APCs “in the wild” to a minimum). This will allow for a reliable assessment of publication output and associated costs for each participating institutions. It remains to be seen whether the expectations on article growth will hold true over the term of the agreement and will justify the year-on-year cost increase. IOP handles several tasks associated with the workflow (matching corresponding authors with institution, author support), alleviating the operative burden on library staff – we are hoping to collect feedback on these processes as well.
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