| Publisher |
Association for Computing Machinery |
| Agreement ID | acm2022csal |
| Agreement labeling | ACM OPEN |
| Has the agreement been disclosed and published? | Yes |
| URL | https://consortium.ch/wp_live/wp-content/ uploads/2023/05/ACM_Open_Agreement_2022-2025_redacted.pdf |
| Agreement period | 06/01/2022 – 12/31/2025 |
| Consortia / Institution | Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries |
| Country | Switzerland |
| SIZE
Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications |
120 |
| COSTS
How do the costs of the agreement relate to previous subscription-only agreements with the publisher? |
Cost decrease |
| Comments on cost development | Institutions with high publication volumes do not yet participate, resulting in a cost reduction compared to the previous 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? |
The model involves a unitary an uncapped fee that covers both reading and publishing, without individual 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 |
| 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 preference, exceptions allowed |
| ARTICLE TYPES |
Original research articles Review articles Proceedings Letters |
| ACCESS COSTS
What is the approximate share of access related costs of the overall agreement? |
0% |
| ACCESS COVERAGE
Are all read relevant journals covered by the agreement? |
Yes |
| PERPETUAL ACCESS RIGHTS | Yes |
| WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT | Deficient |
| OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS | An unusually high number of authors choose an exclusive license instead of CC-BY (which is selected by default) |
| Request contact to the licensee | contact@esac-initiative.org |