| Publisher |
American Chemical Society |
| Agreement ID | acs2024fak |
| Agreement labeling | ACS Read and Publish |
| Has the agreement been disclosed and published? | No |
| Agreement period | 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2026 |
| Consortia / Institution | Friedrich-Althoff-Konsortium e.V. |
| Country | Germany |
| SIZE
Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications |
110 |
| Comments on size/article output | The consortial agreement covers 22 participants |
| 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 |
| Comments on cost development | The annual increase is higher than the average in the consortial agreements |
| 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?
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Fees cover publishing as well as reading, no specific transformative mechanism |
| 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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None |
| 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 |
Original research articles Review articles Letters |
| 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 | Partly (e.g. to core journals only) |
| WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT | Too early to assess |
| OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS | Very pragmatic and practical approach. Unfortunately no agreed upon mechanism when journals flip. Considering the number of TA for this publisher this will hopefully change soon. |
| Request contact to the licensee | contact [at] esac-initiative [dot] org |