| Publisher |
The Royal Society |
| Agreement ID | trs2024jisc |
| Agreement labeling | Royal Society Journals Transitional Read and Publish Agreement 2024 |
| Has the agreement been fully disclosed and published? | Yes |
| URL | https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/ 9361/1/Royal_Soc_lic_2024.pdf |
| Agreement period | 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2024 |
| Consortia / Institution | Jisc |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| SIZE
Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications |
681 |
| Comments on size/article output | Article output 2021-2022 |
| 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? |
OA is unlimited |
| 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 Proceedings Letters Editorials |
| 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 | Yes |
| WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT | Ok |
| OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS | The agreement allows unlimited access to and open access publishing in the society’s full package. The read fee represents a discount on the published package price. The publish fee is based on APC spend / article output. A transparent pricing mechanism is in place to ensure no double charging.
As Royal Society Transformative Journals flip to OA, the access costs are expected to decrease. |
| Request contact to the licensee | contact@esac-initiative.org |