acm2021eifl

Publisher

Association for Computing Machinery
Agreement ID acm2021eifl
Agreement labeling ACM “Read and Publish” Agreement
Has the agreement been fully disclosed and published? No
Agreement period 01/01/2021 – 12/31/2024
Consortia / Institution EIFL
Country Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Congo, Ethiopia, Georgia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Malawi, Moldova, Myanmar, Nepal, Palestine, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe
SIZE

Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications

 15
COSTS

How do the costs of the agreement relate to previous subscription-only agreements with the publisher?

 Cost decrease
Comments on cost development Libraries in 25 countries are eligible for free access to the ACM Digital Library.
In addition, corresponding authors from these 25 countries can publish accepted research articles in open access for free in ACMs fully open access and hybrid journals and conference proceedings.
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?

 Free access and publishing
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?

 Not applicable in this case, as publishing is free
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
Review articles
Proceedings
Any other article types in the Licensed Materials for which ACM would otherwise charge an APC during the term of this Agreement
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
Comments on workflows The workflow arrangements look good, but to early to access in practice
OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS This agreement is an opportunity for researchers in these 25 countries to read and publish in the journals without charge
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