| Publisher |
Portland Press |
| Agreement ID | portpress2021malmad |
| Agreement labeling | The Biochemical Society Read and Publish Transformative Agreement |
| Has the agreement been disclosed and published? | No |
| Agreement period | 01/01/2021 – 12/31/2022 |
| Consortia / Institution | MALMAD |
| Country | Israel |
| SIZE
Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications |
3 |
| Comments on size/article output | Average over last two years |
| 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 |
| 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? |
Costs are based on subscription spend and OA APC spend |
| 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?
|
Open access published outputs are unlimited. The fee is fixed for 2 years regardless of output. |
| 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 mandatory |
| 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 | Too early to assess |
| Request contact to the licensee | contact@esac-initiative.org |