| Publisher |
Elsevier |
| Agreement ID | els2022co |
| Agreement labeling | Elsevier Subscription Agreement |
| Has the agreement been fully disclosed and published? | No |
| Agreement period | 01/01/2022 – 12/31/2024 |
| Consortia / Institution | Consorcio Colombia |
| Country | Colombia |
| SIZE
Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications |
216 |
| 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? |
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? |
We have a limited APC for each year, controlled by the dashboard, which is managed by a person who will prevent the set limits from being exceeded. In addition, one of his tasks will be to promote and make visible the transformative agreements among the institutions so that all negotiated APCs will be totally used. |
| 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 variations allowed |
| ARTICLE TYPES |
Original research articles Review articles |
| ACCESS COSTS
What is the approximate share of access related costs of the overall agreement? |
20%-50% |
| Comments on access costs | Over the next three years, the transformative agreements signed with Elsevier will enable the conversion of approximately 27% of the scientific articles published under the subscription model at Elsevier |
| ACCESS COVERAGE
Are all read relevant journals covered by the agreement? |
No |
| PERPETUAL ACCESS RIGHTS | No |
| WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT | Too early to assess |
| OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS | These are the first transformative agreements in Colombia and Latin America, and we hope that this will have a positive impact on the transition to open science.
One of the benefits is that the institutions that are part of the Consorcio Colombia will save about USD$ 2 million in APC payments through the transformative agreements signed. Based on the experience of this first year, researchers’ and institution comments will be considered for the coming years, such as the inclusion of more journals. Any unused articles at the end of a calendar year, will not carry over to the next calendar year and are not refundable. |
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