els2021cern

Publisher

Elsevier
Agreement ID els2021cern
Has the agreement been fully disclosed and published? Yes
URL https://scientific-info.cern/sites/
sis.web.cern.ch/files/2021-02/
CERN-Elsevier-2021-2023.pdf
Agreement period 01/01/2021 – 12/31/2023
Consortia / Institution CERN
Country Switzerland
SIZE

Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications

 60
COSTS

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

 Cost decrease
Comments on cost development There is an overall cost decrease compared to the previous expenditures for OA APCs and Subscriptions
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?

 Discount will be applied for articles above the number of articles agreed
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 preference, exceptions allowed
ARTICLE TYPES
 Original research articles
Review articles
Letters
ACCESS COSTS

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

 More than 50%
ACCESS COVERAGE

Are all read relevant journals covered by the agreement?

 Yes
PERPETUAL ACCESS RIGHTS Partly (e.g. to core journals only)
WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT Ok
Request contact to the licensee contact [at] esac-initiative [dot] org