wiley2019unit

Publisher

Wiley
Agreement ID wiley2019unit
Agreement labeling Publish and read agreement
Has the agreement been disclosed and published? Yes
URL https://www.openaccess.no/license-2019-2021—signed-unit-and-wiley.pdf
Agreement period 01/01/2019 – 12/31/2021
Consortia / Institution Unit – The Directorate for ICT and shared services in Higher Education and Research
Country Norway
SIZE

Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications

 500
Comments on size/ article output The number of included OA articles increase each year from about 64% of the total to around 100% in year 3
COSTS

How do the costs of the agreement relate to previous subscription-only agreements with the publisher?

 Cost increase
Comments on cost development Cost increase compared to the subscription only agreement is 11,8% in 2019 and then 3% each of the following years – total 18% over the contract period.
FINANCIAL SHIFT

Transfomative 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?

 No risk sharing. Articles published over the ‘quota’ will be charged a discounted APC (20% off list price), while any unspent funds will be added to the subscription fee that year.
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? Yes
OA LICENCE CC-BY preference, exceptions allowed
ARTICLE TYPES
 Original research articles
ACCESS COSTS

What is the approximate share of access related costs of the overall agreement?

 More than 50%
Comments The cost related to access is gradually reduced during the contract period, and ends up amounting to 50% in year 3.
ACCESS COVERAGE

Are all read relevant journals covered by the agreement?

 No
PERPETUAL ACCESS RIGHTS Yes
WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT Too early to assess
Comments
 We are in the implementation process now (May 2019).
OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS

 

 It is an agreement moving in the right direction, and therefore an important step for us in Norway. However, it does not contain any clear specification of when journals will be flipped. It does also still maintain access costs at 50% of the total value at the end of the contract, and this is not sustainable for the future where this share needs to be reduced to zero.
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