bmj2022gac

Publisher

BMJ Publishing
Agreement ID bmj2022gac
Agreement labeling BMJ Journals
Has the agreement been fully disclosed and published? No
Agreement period 01/01/2022 – 12/31/2022
Consortia / Institution German Academic Consortium, 45 participants, administered by Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
Country Germany
SIZE

Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications

 80
COSTS

How do the costs of the agreement relate to previous subscription-only agreements with the publisher?

 Cost increase
Comments on cost development Slight increase only for institutions with high publication output
FINANCIAL SHIFT

Transfomative 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?

 Entire hybrid and gold output included for fixed fee
OA COVERAGE

Are all journals relevant to your affiliated authors (in which you expect them to publish) eligible for OA publishing under the agreement?

 No
Are fully open access journals covered by the agreement? No
OA LICENSE CC-BY-NC
ARTICLE TYPES
 Original research articles
ACCESS COSTS

What is the approximate share of access related costs of the overall agreement?

 20%-50%
ACCESS COVERAGE

Are all read relevant journals covered by the agreement?

 No
PERPETUAL ACCESS RIGHTS Yes
WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT Too early to assess
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