iop2024hkbu

Publisher

IOP Publishing
Agreement ID iop2024hkbu
Agreement labeling Annexure Transformative Agreement
Has the agreement been fully disclosed and published? No
Agreement period 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2026
Consortia / Institution Hong Kong Baptist University
Country Hong Kong
SIZE

Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications

 4
Comments on size/article output The average annual article output over the past 5 years
COSTS

How do the costs of the agreement relate to previous subscription-only agreements with the publisher?

 Cost increase
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?

 This deal offers unlimited entitlement, which is by far the preferred approach as it eliminates any entitlement risk for our institution
OA COVERAGE

Are all journals relevant to your affiliated authors (in which you expect them to publish) eligible for OA publishing under the agreement?

 No
Are fully open access journals covered by the agreement? Yes
OA LICENSE CC-BY preference, exceptions allowed
ARTICLE TYPES
 Original research articles
Review articles
Letters
Editorials
ACCESS COSTS

What is the approximate share of access related costs of the overall agreement?

 More than 50%
Comments on access costs The agreement has led to expand the access to the IOP complete journal packages
ACCESS COVERAGE

Are all read relevant journals covered by the agreement?

 No
PERPETUAL ACCESS RIGHTS Yes
WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT Too early to assess
Comments on workflows This is no dashboard or approval mechanism for librarians to monitor the progress; only quarterly reports will be provided to the Library
OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS More than a quarter of the journal package are subscription-only and so articles published in these journals will be paywalled content
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