bmj2022jisc

Publisher

BMJ Publishing Group
Agreement ID bmj2022kb
Agreement labeling Jisc BMJ Transitional OA agreement 2022
Has the agreement been fully disclosed and published? Yes
URL https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/
8647/1/BMJ_RP_licence_2022.docx
Agreement period 01/01/2022 – 12/31/2022
Consortia / Institution Jisc
Country United Kingdom
SIZE

Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications

 159
Comments on size/article output Average 2020/21
COSTS

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

 Cost increase
Comments on cost development Fixed % increase over Subscriptions and Funded APC spend (Standard Collection)
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?

 BMJ now offers unlimited OA
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? Fully OA titles are included selectively
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?

 20%-50%
Comments on access costs Perm read fee applied to non research element
ACCESS COVERAGE

Are all read relevant journals covered by the agreement?

 Yes
PERPETUAL ACCESS RIGHTS Yes
WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT Too early to assess
Comments on workflows Improvements in workflow offered for 2022
OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS A significant portion of UK research publishing will be converted to OA under this agreement, for a fixed increase over previous subscription and APC spend. The base offering focuses on the funded articles within the standard collection and then allows institutions to build on this base, with additional publish and read options. Providing flexibility for institutions with differing publish and read profiles, and budgets to add additional non funded, hybrid/gold title OA publishing and read options outside of the standard collection. The efficacy of the agreement will be reviewed by Jisc throughout its term.
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