| Publisher |
National Academy of Sciences |
| Agreement ID | nas2021jisc |
| Agreement labeling | PNAS Publish & Read 2021-2023 Agreement |
| Has the agreement been disclosed and published? | Yes |
| URL | https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/8419/1/ PNAS_licence_2021_2023.docx |
| Agreement period | 07/01/2021 – 06/30/2023 |
| Consortia / Institution | Jisc |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| SIZE
Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications |
195 |
| Comments on size/article output | Estimate based on 2018/2019 output |
| 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
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? |
Article allocation exceeds anticipated article output. The fee is fixed annually 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? | No |
| 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 |
| OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS |
The agreement has been designed to allow for 100% transition to open access for UK output where institutions participate. The price is based on current subscription spend and previous publishing activity. Publish fees are calculated each year of the 2 year pilot based on a notional APC. For future agreements the pricing mechanism will need to be adjusted to take into account published output. |
| Request contact to the licensee | contact@esac-initiative.org |