Publisher |
American Speech Language Association |
Agreement ID | asha2025vanderbilt |
Agreement labeling | ASHA Read and Publish Agreement |
Has the agreement been fully disclosed and published? | No |
Agreement period | 01/01/2025 – 12/31/2027 |
Consortia / Institution | Vanderbilt University |
Country | United States |
SIZE
Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications |
14 |
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? |
Both parties agree to renegotiate as needed based on significant changes in publishing activity |
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 preference, exceptions allowed |
ARTICLE TYPES |
Original research articles Review articles |
ACCESS COSTS
What is the approximate share of access related costs of the overall agreement? |
20%-50% |
ACCESS COVERAGE
Are all read relevant journals covered by the agreement? |
Yes |
PERPETUAL ACCESS RIGHTS | Yes |
WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT | Too early to assess |
Comments on workflows | We are the first institution that ASHA is working with on this type of agreement. The process is more manual at this point, but they are extremely responsive and no concerns have been raise regarding the process. |
OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS | We expect the overall increase of OA content from Vanderbilt affiliated authors to increase under this agreement and for it to be sustainable |
Request contact to the licensee | contact@esac-initiative.org |