| Publisher |
IOP Publishing |
| Agreement ID | iop2023kaust |
| Agreement labeling | IOP Transformative Open Access Agreement |
| Has the agreement been disclosed and published? | No |
| Agreement period | 01/01/2023 – 12/31/2025 |
| Consortia / Institution | King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) |
| Country | Saudi Arabia |
| SIZE
Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications |
19 |
| Comments on size/article output | Number of published articles in 2022 |
| COSTS
How do the costs of the agreement relate to previous subscription-only agreements with the publisher? |
Agreement costs within the range of the previous spending level |
| 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? |
Uncapped OA publishing agreement |
| 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? | No |
| OA LICENSE | CC-BY mandatory |
| ARTICLE TYPES |
Original research articles Review articles Letters |
| 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 | Ok |
| OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS | This is our third OA publishing agreement with IOP Publishing and the first uncapped |
| Request contact to the licensee | contact@esac-initiative.org |