| Publisher |
Walter De Gruyter GmbH |
| Agreement ID | degruy2021jisc |
| Agreement labeling | DE GRUYTER JOURNALS READ AND PUBLISH |
| Has the agreement been disclosed and published? | Yes |
| URL | https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/8170/1/ de_Gruyter_RP_lic_2020_2023.docx |
| Agreement period | 01/01/2021 – 12/31/2023 |
| Consortia / Institution | Jisc |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| SIZE
Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications |
333 |
| Comments on size/article output | This figure represents all article output by UK Higher Education institutions in 2019 |
| COSTS
How do the costs of the agreement relate to previous subscription-only agreements with the publisher? |
Cost increase |
| Comments on cost development | A small increase in subscription fee, and previous funded spend, is factored into Year 1. Years 2-3 have a 0% increase. |
| FINANCIAL SHIFT
Transfomative 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) |
| 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?
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A buffer has been built in to the article entitlement to account for a potential exceeding of the article cap |
| 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 preference, exceptions allowed |
| ARTICLE TYPES |
Original research articles |
| ACCESS COSTS
What is the approximate share of access related costs of the overall agreement? |
More than 50% |
| Comments on access costs | Only funded APCs contributed to fee calculation |
| ACCESS COVERAGE
Are all read relevant journals covered by the agreement? |
Yes |
| PERPETUAL ACCESS RIGHTS | Yes |
| WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT | The workflow for De Gruyter’s agreement is run through Rightslink; assessment cannot be made yet. |
| Comments on workflow | De Gruyter outlines the Workflow as follows:
Author Touch-free Workflow in Rightslink Author submits article for publication to journal. If the article is accepted for publication by the journal:- Rightslink systems recognize if author is eligible for Read and Publish (by Ringgold ID/ email domain and matching against agreements) Article appears in the Rightslink library dashboard for approval/ librarian notified by automated email The library approves/denies publication (based on using their APC tokens/ Group pot tokens) Rightslink system sends an email to the author that article will be published Open Access/ or reason if denied for OA by library. |
| OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS | The agreement demonstrates the publisher’s commitment to Open Access – it converts 100% of subscription spend into a publishing pot. For participating institutions the agreement covers over 100% of output, based on spend in previous years.
The workflow is still to be precisely laid out but the publisher is working towards this. In due course there may need to be a mechanism to account for titles that convert to fully Open Access. |
| Request contact to the licensee | contact [at] esac-initiative [dot] org |