| Publisher |
Wolters Kluwer Health |
| Agreement ID | lww2025finelib |
| Agreement labeling | Lippincott Total access |
| Has the agreement been disclosed and published? | Yes |
| URL | https://extra.kansalliskirjasto.fi/finelib_julkinen/ Wolters_Kluwer/FinELib_OVID_2025-2026_Lippincott_redacted.pdf |
| Agreement period | 12/31/2024 – 12/31/2026 |
| Consortia / Institution | FinELib consortium |
| Country | Finland |
| SIZE
Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications |
100 |
| 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? |
If the total number of APC allowances is exhausted, up to 10% of the following year’s APC allowances may be used.
Authors that have not identified themselves as affiliated to a subscriber or have not selected open access prior to publication have possibility to retrospective open access publishing. Authors who have erroneously paid their own APC will be entitled to request a refund. |
| 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? |
More than 50% |
| Comments on access costs | Subscriptions partly converted to OA publishing fees. The agreement does not distinguish cost between reading and publishing. |
| ACCESS COVERAGE
Are all read relevant journals covered by the agreement? |
Yes |
| PERPETUAL ACCESS RIGHTS | Yes |
| WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT | Deficient |
| Comments on workflows | Workflow is still missing articles and repair actions are needed |
| Request contact to the licensee | contact@esac-initiative.org |