| Publisher |
Taylor & Francis |
| Agreement ID | tf2024zbw |
| Agreement labeling | Taylor & Francis Journals Open Access Transformative Agreement |
| Has the agreement been fully disclosed and published? | No |
| Agreement period | 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2026 |
| Consortia / Institution | ZBW Leibniz Information Centre for Economics |
| Country | Germany |
| SIZE
Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications |
1650 |
| Comments on size/article output | 100% of the articles from corresponding authors of the participating institutions |
| 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 | The previously subscription spend must be retained. No additional costs for OA publication. |
| 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 |
| 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 preference, exceptions allowed |
| ARTICLE TYPES |
Original research articles |
| 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? |
No |
| PERPETUAL ACCESS RIGHTS | Partly (e.g. to core journals only) |
| WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT | Ok |
| OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS | With the TA, a first milestone has been reached for one of the most important HSS publishers in Germany – authors from participating institutions can publish Open Access at no additional cost. The next step will be to switch the financing model and achieve comprehensive access to the publisher’s portfolio. |
| Request contact to the licensee | contact@esac-initiative.org |