acs2024fak

Publisher

American Chemical Society

Agreement ID acs2024fak
Agreement labeling ACS Read and Publish
Has the agreement been disclosed and published? No
Agreement period 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2026
Consortia / Institution Friedrich-Althoff-Konsortium e.V.
Country Germany
SIZE

Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications

110
Comments on size/article output The consortial agreement covers 22 participants
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 annual increase is higher than the average in the consortial agreements
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?

 

Fees cover publishing as well as reading, no specific transformative mechanism
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?

 

None
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 variations allowed
ARTICLE TYPES
Original research articles
Review articles
Letters
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 Partly (e.g. to core journals only)
WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT Too early to assess
OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS Very pragmatic and practical approach. Unfortunately no agreed upon mechanism when journals flip. Considering the number of TA for this publisher this will hopefully change soon.
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