degruy2021heal

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter

Agreement ID degruy2021heal
Agreement labeling General License Agreement
Has the agreement been fully disclosed and published? Yes
URL https://diavgeia.gov.gr/doc/
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Agreement period 01/01/2021 – 12/31/2023
Consortia / Institution HEAL-Link (Hellenic Academic Libraries Link)
Country Greece
SIZE

Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications

30
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 First consortium agreement with the Walter de Gruyter
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?

Open access published output in hybrid journals is capped (25 articles per year). The yearly anticipated article output is around 30.

APCs published over the agreed limit (25 per year) will be charged at a 15% discount or published behind paywall, at the choice of the HEAL-Link member-institution.

Any unused APCs can be carried over for the duration of the current contract, until 2023.

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 variations allowed
ARTICLE TYPES
All article types
ACCESS COSTS

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

More than 50%
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 During the negotiating period, the communication between HEAL-Link and the publisher was sufficient
OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS We (at HEAL-Link) consider this a quite well transformative agreement and the cost is sustainable. Reading fee and publishing fee components are clearly defined. Since it is the first agreement with the Walter de Gruyter, it remains for the publisher’s workflow to be evaluated by HEAL-Link eligible authors.
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