| Publisher |
American Chemical Society |
| Agreement ID | acs2025vtt |
| Agreement labeling | ACS License |
| Has the agreement been fully disclosed and published? | No |
| Agreement period | 01/01/2025 – 12/31/2025 |
| Consortia / Institution | VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland |
| Country | Finland |
| SIZE
Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications |
15 |
| Comments on size/article output | The agreement token count is expected to cover publishing over the term of the Agreement based on historical publishing output |
| 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 |
| 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? |
Any unused Tokens left at the end of 2025 remain viable through 2026 but must be used retroactively for an article accepted between January 01, 2025 and December 31, 2025 |
| 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 |
| ACCESS COSTS
What is the approximate share of access related costs of the overall agreement? |
Not specified |
| ACCESS COVERAGE
Are all read relevant journals covered by the agreement? |
Yes |
| PERPETUAL ACCESS RIGHTS | Yes |
| WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT | Ok |
| Request contact to the licensee | contact@esac-initiative.org |