els2019eisz

Publisher

Elsevier
Agreement ID els2019eisz
Agreement labeling Open Access Pilot
Has the agreement been disclosed and published? Yes
URL http://eisz.mtak.hu/images/szerzodesek/sciencedirect_2019-2021.pdf
https://eisz.mtak.hu/images/szerzodesek/ScienceDirect_2022.pdf
Agreement period 07/01/2019 – 12/31/2022
Consortia / Institution EISZ
Country Hungary
SIZE

Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications

 1000
Comments on size/article output 500 in the second half of 2019, covers about 90% of publications with Hungarian corresponding authors in Elsevier journals
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
Comments on cost development 2.5% annual increase, in line with previous subscription-only agreements
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?

 The total cost is based on previous subscription fees, but allow for virtually all articles to be published OA
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 total cost is based on previous subscription fees, regardless of not reaching the expected article output. In case of exceeding the 1000 articles, list-price APCs will have to be paid
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 preference, exceptions allowed
CC-BY variations allowed
ARTICLE TYPES
 Original research articles
Review articles
ACCESS COSTS

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

 More than 50%
Comment on access costs The total cost is based on previous subscription fees
ACCESS COVERAGE

Are all read relevant journals covered by the agreement?

 No
PERPETUAL ACCESS RIGHTS Yes
WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT Too early to assess
Comments on workflows
 Date for eligible articles is based on date of submission.
The affiliation provided by the corresponding author is matched against Scopus affiliation profiles.
OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS

 

 Subscription-based Cell and Lancet titles were not included in the previous consortium-level subscription agreement, therefore these titles are not included in the OA Pilot either. Fully OA journals e.g. Cell Reports are included.
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