| Publisher |
The Electrochemical Society (ECS) |
| Agreement ID | ecs2021tib |
| Agreement labeling | ECS Plus |
| Has the agreement been disclosed and published? | No |
| Agreement period | 01/01/2021 – 31/12/2021 |
| Consortia / Institution | TIB National Consortium |
| Country | Germany |
| SIZE
Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications |
65 |
| COSTS
How do the costs of the agreement relate to previous subscription-only agreements with the publisher? |
Cost increase |
| 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? |
There is a moderate surcharge on the subscription costs for an unlimited number of open access articles |
| 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? |
There is no fixed number of articles. The flat-rate surcharge covers all articles published by corresponding authors in the license 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? |
Yes |
| Are fully open access journals covered by the agreement? | Yes |
| OA LICENSE | CC-BY variations allowed |
| ARTICLE TYPES |
Original research articles |
| 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? |
Yes |
| PERPETUAL ACCESS RIGHTS | Yes |
| WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT | Deficient |
| Comments on workflows | Reporting has to be improved |
| OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS | It is a very simple and transparent model. However, depending on their size, institutions must pay very different flat-rate surcharges. The cost efficiency depends very much on their publication output. |
| Request contact to the licensee | contact@esac-initiative.org |