| Publisher |
Taylor & Francis |
| Agreement ID | tf2021jisc |
| Agreement labeling | Taylor & Francis Read and Publish agreement 2021-23 |
| Has the agreement been disclosed and published? | Yes |
| URL | https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/8363/1/ Informa_UK_Ltd_TF_Read_and_Publish_ESAC.docx |
| Agreement period | 01/01/2021 – 12/31/2023 |
| Consortia / Institution | Jisc |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| SIZE
Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications |
5800 |
| Comments on size/article output | The article allocation in Year 1 (2021) covers 100% of publishing output from 2019 |
| 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 | The agreement is costed using subscription spend only, with no publishing spend factored in. It is based on a 0% fee increase on the previous year’s (2020) subscription spend. |
| 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? |
A 20% discount is available for APCs accepted after the cap is reached |
| 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? | No |
| OA LICENSE | 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% |
| ACCESS COVERAGE
Are all read relevant journals covered by the agreement? |
Yes |
| PERPETUAL ACCESS RIGHTS | Partly (e.g. to core journals only) |
| WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT | Ok |
| Comments on workflows | T&F have an internally-developed Dashboard, which over a third of existing subscribers are already using |
| OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS | This agreement transitions a highly significant proportion of UK publishing output towards Open Access, and keeps that output within the boundaries of Read spend only. |
| Request contact to the licensee | contact@esac-initiative.org |