| Publisher |
American Chemical Society |
| Agreement ID | acs2023kemoe |
| Agreement labeling | Read & Publish Program Letter Addendum |
| Has the agreement been fully disclosed and published? | No |
| Agreement period | 01/01/2023 – 12/31/2023 |
| Consortia / Institution | KEMOE |
| Country | Austria |
| SIZE
Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications |
100 |
| Comments on size/article output | 2020-2022 |
| COSTS
How do the costs of the agreement relate to previous subscription-only agreements with the publisher? |
Cost increase |
| 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 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? |
OA tokens have no monetary value and are valid during the initial and one-year’s renewal period |
| 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 |
All articles except additions, corrections, or editorials |
| ACCESS COSTS
What is the approximate share of access related costs of the overall agreement? |
More than 50% |
| Comments on access costs | Agreement does not distinguish between reading and publishing fees. Total costs are based on access fees of previous subscription-only agreement.
The full amount of the license fees are recalculated as APC budget in the form of OA credits (tokens). The calculated tokens are expected to cover the annual article output of the participating institutions. Additional tokens may be purchased. |
| ACCESS COVERAGE
Are all read relevant journals covered by the agreement? |
Yes |
| PERPETUAL ACCESS RIGHTS | Yes |
| WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT | Ok |
| Comments on workflows | Well established workflow via CCC RightsLink. Concise but informative website about agreement for local OA administrators and authors. |
| OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS | Well established agreement |
| Request contact to the licensee | contact@esac-initiative.org |