| Publisher |
Microbiology Society |
| Agreement ID | microbio2024csic |
| Agreement labeling | Publish and Read |
| Has the agreement been disclosed and published? | No |
| Agreement period | 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2024 |
| Consortia / Institution | CSIC Spanish National Research Council |
| Country | Spain |
| SIZE
Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications |
5 |
| Comments on size/article output | Estimate based on 2019-2023 output |
| COSTS
How do the costs of the agreement relate to previous subscription-only agreements with the publisher? |
Cost increase |
| Comments on cost development | Only 3 centers of our institution subscribe Microbiology Society journals in 2020. An additional 26% is added to this cost and all the authors of all the other centers of the organization will be able to publish an unlimited number of articles. In 2024, reading will be extended to the entire institution as well. |
| 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? |
The agreement covers an unlimited amount of articles |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Request contact to the licensee | contact@esac-initiative.org |