edp2017coup

Publisher

EDP Sciences
Agreement ID edp2017coup
Agreement labeling EDP Sciences – National Open Access agreement in France
Has the agreement been disclosed and published? Yes
URL https://www.couperin.org/negociations/liste-des-negociations/download/5851/205/15

https://www.couperin.org/negociations/liste-des-negociations/download/5852/205/15
Agreement period 01/01/2017 – 12/31/2021
Consortia / Institution Couperin.org
Country France
SIZE

Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications

 649
Comments on size/article output  Satisfying from the 1st year of agreement.
COSTS

How do the costs of the agreement relate to previous subscription-only agreements with the publisher?

 Cost increase
Comments on cost development  The increase is justified by the publication in Open Access of corresponding authors from participating institutions (additional service) cumulated to the access to the full collection. This increase has been mainly funded by the Higher Education, Research & Innovation Ministry (governmental policy to support local publishers).
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?

 The number of articles published in open access has been capped.
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
ACCESS COSTS

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

 5%-20%
ACCESS COVERAGE

Are all read relevant journals covered by the agreement?

 Yes
PERPETUAL ACCESS RIGHTS Yes
WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT Ok
Comments on workflows
 EDP Sciences has set up an automatic capture of eligible articles. This automatic capture works quite well and corresponding authors seem to be satisfied. Once accepted, the corresponding authors of eligible articles receive an email informing them that due to the national open access agreement in France, their article can be published in open access with e CC-BY license with paying no APC. This automatic capture of eligible articles is based on Ringgold database.
OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS

 

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