ieee2022hkbu

Publisher

IEEE
Agreement ID ieee2022hkbu
Agreement labeling IEEE Open Access Deposit Account Agreement
Has the agreement been fully disclosed and published? No
Agreement period 11/30/2022 – 12/31/2025
Consortia / Institution Hong Kong Baptist University
Country Hong Kong
SIZE

Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications

 17
Comments on size/article output The average article outputs of past 3 years
COSTS

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

 Cost increase
FINANCIAL SHIFT

Transformative 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?

 The number of APC tokens is lower than the expected output. APC voucher assigned each year is valid for 24 months.
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 variations allowed
ARTICLE TYPES
 Original research articles
ACCESS COSTS

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

 More than 50%
ACCESS COVERAGE

Are all read relevant journals covered by the agreement?

 Yes
PERPETUAL ACCESS RIGHTS No
WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT Too early to assess
OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS This agreement is bundled with IEL subscription, and it seems that this cost is unable to flip to 100% Publish because a significant amount of content in IEL is not research-article type.
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