| Publisher |
Association for Computing Machinery |
| Agreement ID | acm2023julac |
| Agreement labeling | ACM Digital Library Tiered-Band Open Access Model Agreement |
| Has the agreement been disclosed and published? | No |
| Agreement period | 12/01/2023 – 12/31/2026 |
| Consortia / Institution | JULAC |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| SIZE
Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications |
103 |
| Comments on size/article output | 12 out of 15 members join OPEN, whose output accounts for 45% of total consortium |
| COSTS
How do the costs of the agreement relate to previous subscription-only agreements with the publisher? |
Cost increase |
| Comments on cost development | Cost decrease year after year for Tier 10 members; Cost increase yearly for higher Tier members. The higher tier you are, the sharper the rise. Pricing for next 3-year contract depends on pub output for current 3 years. Can’t predict at this stage. |
| 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?
|
Subscriptions fully converted to OA publishing fees (access related costs 5% or less) |
| 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?
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Unlimited APC quota for all Open members. No concern for unused APCs or exceed APC quota. |
| 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 variations allowed |
| ARTICLE TYPES |
Research articles, review articles and conference or proceedings papers, and any other article types in the Licensed Materials for which ACM would otherwise charge an APC |
| ACCESS COSTS
What is the approximate share of access related costs of the overall agreement? |
0% |
| Comments on access costs | Theoretically should be 0% for access related costs. Tier 10 members with 0-1 article output pay 35% of the total. |
| ACCESS COVERAGE
Are all read relevant journals covered by the agreement? |
Yes |
| PERPETUAL ACCESS RIGHTS | Yes |
| WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT | Ok |
| Comments on workflows | No negative feedback so far |
| OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS | Tiering is based on the average annual number of research articles published with ACM over the most recent three-year period. Renewal pricing may be challenging for members whose pub output increases sharply during the current contract. |
| Request contact to the licensee | contact@esac-initiative.org |