els2021kemoe

Publisher

Elsevier
Agreement ID els2021kemoe
Agreement labeling Open Access Pilot
Has the agreement been disclosed and published? No
Agreement period 01/01/2021 – 31/12/2023
Consortia / Institution KEMOE/FWF
Country Austria
SIZE

Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications

 1800
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?

 The total cost is based on previous subscription fees but allow for publishing open access in participating hybrid journals, gold open access journals and Cell Press hybrid journals
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 risk is equally shared
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 preference, exceptions allowed
ARTICLE TYPES
 Original research articles
Review articles
Short Communications (only Cell Press hybrid journals)
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 Yes
WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT Too early to assess
Comments on workflows Date for eligible articles is based on date of submission
OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS
  • Given that articles from 40 Austrian research performing institutions, as well as articles from the Austrian Science fund can be published open access under the agreement, we consider it as an important step towards the open access transformation
  • We would like to see the inclusion of the total publishing portfolio
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