| Publisher |
Elsevier |
| Agreement ID | els2024justice |
| Agreement labeling | Read and Publish Agreement |
| Has the agreement been disclosed and published? | No |
| Agreement period | 01/01/2024 – 03/31/2027 |
| Consortia / Institution | Japan Alliance of University Library Consortia for E-Resources (JUSTICE) |
| Country | Japan |
| SIZE
Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications |
3941 |
| Comments on size/article output | This figure is an estimate of the number of OA articles to be published by the 77 contracted universities (2024-2026/2025-2026). The total number and breakdown are as follows.
Total: 7,642 OA publication is possible in core hybrid journals. Full OA journals are discounted. Cell Press / Lancet are not included in this agreement. |
| 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? |
The OA rate limit can be selected by each institution.
If the OA publication quota is used up, individual OA publications are possible at a discounted price. If the OA publication quota is not used up, it cannot be carried over. |
| 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? | No |
| OA LICENSE | CC-BY variations allowed |
| ARTICLE TYPES |
Original research articles Review articles Case Report, Data in Brief, Full-length Article, Microarticle, Original Software Publication, Practice Guidelines, Protocol, Replication Study, Short Communication, Short Survey, Video Article |
| 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? |
No |
| PERPETUAL ACCESS RIGHTS | Partly (e.g. to core journals only) |
| WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT | Too early to assess |
| OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS
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JUSTICE is an opt-in consortium, and the contracting parties are each university. The successful conclusion of the TA proposal, which was not at the national or consortium level, created the groundwork for the OA publishing model contract, which had been considered a library issue within the university, to be addressed as a university-wide issue, including the university executive and research promotion departments. |
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