kar2021uio

Publisher

Karger

Agreement ID kar2021uio
Agreement labeling Karger Read & Publish Transformative Agreement
Has the agreement been disclosed and published? No
Agreement period 01/31/2021 – 12/31/2021
Consortia / Institution University of Oslo (UiO) incl. Oslo University Hospital
Country Norway
SIZE

Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications

12
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 Decrease in costs for UiO due to a model that will over time close the gap between access and publishing costs
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?

Unlimited Open Access publishing within the agreement
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-NC but “when there is an obligation of the Funder to publish under CC-BY, the author can mention this at the time of submission and the Karger team will work with them to make this possible.”
ARTICLE TYPES
Original research articles
Review articles
Proceedings
Letters
Editorials
ACCESS COSTS

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

More than 50%
Comments on access costs Publishing costs vs access costs are not explicitly defined in the agreement
ACCESS COVERAGE

Are all read relevant journals covered by the agreement?

Yes
PERPETUAL ACCESS RIGHTS Yes
WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT Ok
Comments on workflows Manual by publisher, no dashboard
OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS The publication output from UiO is low in this agreement, However, it is important to UiO to secure publishing with smaller publishers and to keep a diversity in publication channels.
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