| GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| Publisher | American Society for Microbiology |
| Agreement ID | asm2026kemoe |
| Agreement labeling | Subscribe2Open Flat Fee Pilot |
| Is the agreement document publicly available? | No |
| Agreement period | 1/1/2026 – 12/31/2028 |
| Consortia / Institution | KEMOE |
| Country | Austria |
| COST | |
| How do the costs of the agreement relate to the previous agreement with the publisher? | Cost increase |
| Describe how the cost model has changed from the previous agreement (e.g., move from subscription to R&P / from capped to uncapped / from single APC payments to flat fee, etc.) | From single APC payments to flat fee |
| Read-access costs
If the agreement includes read access to subscription content, is a split of the cost between read access and publishing services defined? |
Yes |
| If a split of the cost between read access and publishing services is defined, what percentage of the overall agreement cost relates to read access? | More than 50% |
| PUBLISHING-RELATED TERMS | |
| Publication output
What is the approximate number of annual corresponding author publications from your institution/consortium with the publisher (in closed, hybrid and fully OA journals)? |
5 |
| Is the agreement’s provision for OA publishing capped (e.g., limited to a specific number of articles per year) or uncapped? | Uncapped |
| Are APC-based full open access journals covered by the agreement? | No, only hybrid titles are included |
| Are journals operating under other business models (S2O, Diamond OA, etc.) covered by the agreement? | Yes |
| Other business models | S2O |
| Article types
Eligible article types |
Original research articles, Review articles, Case report, Brief report, Rapid communications |
| Risk sharing
What risk-sharing mechanisms exist in cases of exceeding or not reaching the anticipated number of OA publications under the agreement? |
N/A |
| READ ACCESS-RELATED TERMS | |
| Perpetual access
If the agreement includes read access to subscription content, are perpetual access (post cancellation/termination) rights included? |
Yes |
| OA WORKFLOW | |
| Author workflow and verification
The date for articles’ eligibility is based on: |
Acceptance date |
| How do consortia or institutions verify author eligibility and approve OA funding? | Via publisher’s dashboard or third-party platform (pre-publication) |
| Does the agreement include mechanisms to correct mistakenly approved, missed, or not approved publications (e.g., retrospective OA conversion of closed articles or refunding paid APCs)? | No |
| Does the publisher’s reporting on publications satisfy the needs of your institution (frequency, metadata fields, data quality, etc.)? | Yes |
| May authors be charged additional publication fees (such as page charges, article development charges, etc.)? | Yes |
| Comments on additional publication fees | Depending on contract model |
| PUBLISHING LICENSES | |
| Author’s licenses
Open access license types included |
Publisher-specific license type |
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