Publisher |
Bentham Science Publishers |
Agreement ID | bsp2024sanlic |
Agreement labeling | Bentham Science Collection of Journals Agreement |
Has the agreement been fully disclosed and published? | No |
Agreement period | 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2026 |
Consortia / Institution | SANLiC |
Country | South Africa |
SIZE
Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications |
120 |
Comments on size/article output | Average output 2020-2023 |
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 | Authors will be able to publish articles OA in all hybrid and gold open access journals without expenditure beyond previous subscription-only agreements with Bentham |
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? |
OA allowance is capped. A discount of 50% will be applied to any articles beyond the allocated tokens. |
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 |
ACCESS COSTS
What is the approximate share of access related costs of the overall agreement? |
More than 50% |
Comments on access costs | It varies on depending on the spend |
ACCESS COVERAGE
Are all read relevant journals covered by the agreement? |
Yes |
PERPETUAL ACCESS RIGHTS | Partly (e.g. to core journals only) |
WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT | Ok |
Comments on workflows | Too early to assess |
OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS | Too early to assess |
Request contact to the licensee | contact@esac-initiative.org |