| Publisher |
The Company of Biologists |
| Agreement ID | compbio2024sandiego |
| Agreement labeling | The Company of Biologists Read & Publish |
| Has the agreement been disclosed and published? | No |
| Agreement period | 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2026 |
| Consortia / Institution | University of San Diego |
| Country | United States |
| SIZE
Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications |
1 |
| 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 fully converted to OA publishing fees (access related costs 5% or less) |
| 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 mandatory |
| ARTICLE TYPES |
Original research articles Research content, such as Research Reports and methods/techniques papers |
| ACCESS COSTS
What is the approximate share of access related costs of the overall agreement? |
More than 50% |
| Comments on access costs | Currently 100% for our institution as we do not have actively publishing authors for this publisher and converted our read-only subscription to a read-and-publish at similar costs |
| ACCESS COVERAGE
Are all read relevant journals covered by the agreement? |
Yes |
| PERPETUAL ACCESS RIGHTS | No |
| WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT | Too early to assess |
| Request contact to the licensee | contact [at] esac-initiative [dot] org |