| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press |
| Agreement ID | cam2021julac |
| Agreement labeling | Read and Publish |
| Has the agreement been disclosed and published? | No |
| Agreement period | 01/01/2021 – 12/31/2023 |
| Consortia / Institution | JULAC |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| SIZE
Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications |
92 |
| Comments on size/article output | Only 4 out of the 8 members have entered the Read and Publish agreement in 2021. The size (42) covers about 45% of the total number of articles of the consortium.
Two more members entered the Read and Publish agreement in 2022. This increases the coverage to more than 80% of the total number of articles of the consortium. One more member entered the Read and Publish agreement in 2023. This increases the coverage to about 90% of the total number of articles of the consortium. |
| COSTS
How do the costs of the agreement relate to previous subscription-only agreements with the publisher? |
Agreement costs within the range of the previous spending level |
| Comments on cost development | One of the participating members had individual journal subscriptions for years (less than 20% of the full package); it is a huge cost increase to gain the access to all journals content and unlimited APC under this TA deal. |
| 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?
|
Unlimited free OA articles |
| 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 LICENSE | CC-BY variations allowed |
| ARTICLE TYPES |
Original research articles Review articles Case report, Brief report, Rapid communications |
| 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 | Too early to assess |
| Request contact to the licensee | contact@esac-initiative.org |