els2016vsnu

Publisher

Elsevier
Agreement ID els2016vsnu
Agreement labeling Elsevier (Open Access Pilot)
Has the agreement been disclosed and published? Yes
URL https://www.openaccess.nl/sites/www.openaccess.nl/
files/documenten/4th_amend_elsevier-vsnu_renewal_extension_def.pdf
Agreement period 01/01/2016 – 06/30/2019
Consortia / Institution VSNU-UKB
Country Netherlands
SIZE

Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications

 2500
COSTS

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

 Cost increase
Comments  Extension for last period -prior till June 2019- gives NO price 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 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?

 Potential open access articles which were not used in previous year are rescheduled to the next year.
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? Fully oa titles are included selectively
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?

 More than 50%
Comments  Open Access is described as pilot in current contract
ACCESS COVERAGE

Are all read relevant journals covered by the agreement?

 No
PERPETUAL ACCESS RIGHTS Partly (eg to core journals only)
WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT Deficient
Comments
 The current workflow is improved over time but some steps in the workflow are not clear enough for the stakeholders and should be defined and visualized (eg infographic) better than is the case now.
OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS

 

 more information:

https://www.openaccess.nl/en/publisherdeal/elsevier-2016-2019
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