| Publisher |
Association for Computing Machinery |
| Agreement ID | acm2020tue |
| Agreement labeling | ACM Digital Library Tiered-Band Open Access Model |
| Has the agreement been disclosed and published? | No |
| Agreement period | 11/01/2020 – 31/12/2025 |
| Consortia / Institution | Eindhoven University of Technology, TU/e |
| Country | Netherlands |
| SIZE
Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications |
70 |
| Comments on size/article output | Publications are set in TIER level; 2 60-74 per year |
| COSTS
How do the costs of the agreement relate to previous subscription-only agreements with the publisher? |
Cost increase |
| 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? |
A transfer of journals to gold open access is foreseen in 5 years |
| 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? |
Tier is set for as long as the agreement is in place |
| 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 Proceedings |
| ACCESS COSTS
What is the approximate share of access related costs of the overall agreement? |
0% |
| 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 | ACM aim is to transfer their complete portfolio within a period of five years. In order to do so they need a critical mass of parties signing their transformative agreements in the coming years. ACM is in that respect Plan S compliant. |
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