| Publisher |
Walter de Gruyter |
| Agreement ID | degruy2024heal |
| Agreement labeling | General License Agreement – Read & Publish APC allowance |
| Has the agreement been fully disclosed and published? | Yes |
| URL | https://diavgeia.gov.gr/doc/6ΔΧΖ46Ψ8ΧΒ-Χ3Γ |
| Agreement period | 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2024 |
| Consortia / Institution | HEAL-Link (Hellenic Academic Libraries Link) |
| Country | Greece |
| SIZE
Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications |
59 |
| Comments on size/article output | 59 articles published in 2022 by HEAL-Link members |
| COSTS
How do the costs of the agreement relate to previous subscription-only agreements with the publisher? |
Cost increase |
| Comments on cost development | Cost increase due to more APC allowance covered by the agreement |
| 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? |
APC allowance which can be used for article publication in eligible journals (Subscribe to Open, Hybrid and Gold OA) is capped (35 in total, 30 in Hybrid OA and 5 in Gold OA). The yearly anticipated article output is around 59. |
| 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? | Yes |
| OA LICENSE | CC BY CC BY-NC-ND |
| ARTICLE TYPES |
All article types |
| ACCESS COSTS
What is the approximate share of access related costs of the overall agreement? |
20%-50% |
| ACCESS COVERAGE
Are all read relevant journals covered by the agreement? |
No |
| PERPETUAL ACCESS RIGHTS | Yes |
| WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT | Ok |
| 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 |
| Request contact to the licensee | contact@esac-initiative.org |