| Publisher |
Taylor & Francis |
| Agreement ID | tf2022msu |
| Agreement labeling | Journals Institutional Open Access Read & Publish Agreement |
| Has the agreement been disclosed and published? | No |
| Agreement period | 03/10/2022 – 12/31/2024 |
| Consortia / Institution | Montana State University |
| Country | United States |
| SIZE
Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications |
12 |
| Comments on size/article output | Too low |
| 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 |
| Comments on cost development | Typical change in dollar amount for a read only agreement |
| 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? |
If the publishing fund is expended before the end of the year of the Term, MSU has the option to continue to fund APCs through the payment of additional contributions. In the event the fund is not used in full during the year of the term, the unused part of the fund will lapse and will not be rolled over into any subsequent year. |
| 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 CC-BY preference, exceptions allowed 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 | Ok |
| Comments on workflows | Just ok. It was pretty clunky to start with. Fairly responsive support provided. Second year going more smoothly. |
| OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS |
It is sustainable with regards to costs and operations. We would like to see us have more articles allowed for OA in future agreements. |
| Request contact to the licensee | contact [at] esac-initiative [dot] org |