Publisher |
Elsevier |
Agreement ID | els2024bibsam |
Agreement labeling | Elsevier Journals Agreement |
Has the agreement been disclosed and published? | Yes
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URL | https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kb:publ-728 |
Agreement period | 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2027 |
Consortia / Institution | Bibsam Consortium |
Country | Sweden |
SIZE
Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications |
3724 |
COSTS
How do the costs of the agreement relate to previous subscription-only agreements with the publisher? |
Cost decrease |
Comments on cost development | Cost for reading is phased out during the term |
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 fully converted to OA publishing fees (access related costs 5% or less) |
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? |
Publishing 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 Data in brief, Full-length article, Insights, Micro-article, Original software publication, Protocols, Review article, Short communication, Short review, Video article |
ACCESS COSTS
What is the approximate share of access related costs of the overall agreement? |
5%-20% |
Comments on access costs | 10% It will be zero in 2027 when the cost for reading is phased out |
ACCESS COVERAGE
Are all read relevant journals covered by the agreement? |
Yes |
PERPETUAL ACCESS RIGHTS | No |
WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT | Ok |
OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS | Reading is phased out during the agreement and by the end of the term we will only pay for publishing. The cost of publishing is based on projected article output, and will need to be evaluated moving past 2027. |
Request contact to the licensee | contact@esac-initiative.org |