ecs2022ie

Publisher

The Electrochemical Society
Agreement ID ecs2022ie
Agreement labeling ECS Plus
Has the agreement been fully disclosed and published? No
Agreement period 01/01/2022 – 12/31/2022
Consortia / Institution IReL
Country Ireland
SIZE

Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications

 4
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

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?

 Subscription fee includes waiver for eligible authors’ APCs
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? No
OA LICENSE CC-BY mandatory
ARTICLE TYPES
 Original research articles
Review articles
Proceedings
Letters
Editorials
ACCESS COSTS

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

 More than 50%
Comments on access costs Subscription fee includes waiver for eligible authors’ APCs
ACCESS COVERAGE

Are all read relevant journals covered by the agreement?

 Yes
PERPETUAL ACCESS RIGHTS Yes
WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT Deficient
OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS Limited in that onus is on researcher to be aware of the agreement on submission, rather than the the submission workflow automatically alerting the corresponding author once they declare their affiliation
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