| Publisher |
Company of Biologists |
| Agreement ID | compbio2020malmad |
| Agreement labeling | Company of Biologists “Read and Publish’ pilot agreement |
| Has the agreement been disclosed and published? | No |
| Agreement period | 01/01/2020 – 12/31/2022 |
| Consortia / Institution | MALMAD |
| Country | Israel |
| SIZE
Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications |
14 |
| Comments on size/article output | 2018 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 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? |
The fee is fixed for 3 years regardless of output |
| 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 mandatory |
| 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 | Based on current spend (subscriptions + APC) |
| ACCESS COVERAGE
Are all read relevant journals covered by the agreement? |
Yes |
| PERPETUAL ACCESS RIGHTS | Yes |
| WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT | Too early to assess |
| OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS | The agreement allows unlimited access to and open access publishing of research articles in the Company of Biologist hybrid titles. The price is based on current spend and fixed for the duration of the 3 year pilot, regardless of output. |
| Request contact to the licensee | contact [at] esac-initiative [dot] org |