| Publisher |
Taylor & Francis |
| Agreement ID | tf2020mpdl |
| Agreement labeling | Institutional Licence and Open Access Read & Publish Agreement |
| Has the agreement been disclosed and published? | No |
| Agreement period | 01/01/2020 – 12/31/2022 |
| Consortia / Institution | Max Planck Digital Library |
| Country | Germany |
| SIZE
Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications |
70 |
| 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 | No additional cost due to OA. Usual annual increases and when increasing read title selection. |
| 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?
|
Poor risk sharing. Publishing entitlement exceeds anticipated article output. Leftover publishing allowance does not carry over. |
| 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? |
20%-50% |
| ACCESS COVERAGE
Are all read relevant journals covered by the agreement? |
No |
| PERPETUAL ACCESS RIGHTS | No |
| WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT | Ok |
| OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS |
Cost is based on historic subscription spent and considered too high when compared to article output. Perspectively cost would need to come down with a progression towards more open access.
https://www.mpdl.mpg.de/en/ |
| Request contact to the licensee | contact@esac-initiative.org |