| Publisher |
Optica Publishing Group |
| Agreement ID | opg2024delft |
| Agreement labeling | Optica Publishing Group – Gold Open-Access Journal Publishing Agreement |
| Has the agreement been fully disclosed and published? | No |
| Agreement period | 09/01/2024 – 08/31/2027 |
| Consortia / Institution | TU Delft |
| Country | Netherlands |
| SIZE
Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications |
8 |
| COSTS
How do the costs of the agreement relate to previous subscription-only agreements with the publisher? |
Cost increase |
| Comments on cost development | An OA deposit has been set up. Publication fee for eligible articles will be deducted from the deposit. The publication fee are fixed annually. |
| 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? |
Eligible authors may also publish in any new gold open access journal during the term of the agreement, or in any subscription journals that flip to open access during the term |
| 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 fund is not used by the end of the term and the agreement is extended, the remainder of the deposit will roll over to the next agreement. Any funds not spent by the termination of the agreement will not be returned. |
| 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 mandatory |
| ARTICLE TYPES |
Research Article, Letter, Memorandum, Opinion, Discussion, Negative Results, Reproducibility Study, Mini-Review, Tutorial, or Engineering & Laboratory Note |
| 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 | Yes |
| WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT | Ok |
| Request contact to the licensee | contact@esac-initiative.org |