| Publisher |
Elsevier |
| Agreement ID | els2023crui |
| Has the agreement been fully disclosed and published? | To be published |
| Agreement period | 01/01/2023 – 12/31/2027 |
| Consortia / Institution | CRUI-CARE |
| Country | Italy |
| SIZE
Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications |
9000 |
| Comments on size/article output | The agreement includes three components, for all hybrid, cell press and fully gold journals, with the unique exclusion of the hybrid Lancet 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 size/article output | In the Agreement is also comprised a 2 years Pilot on Fully GOLD OA, with a fund based on 2022 publication data |
| FINANCIAL SHIFT
Transformative 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? |
The Hybrid component of the agreement from the 3rd year provides unlimited number of APC |
| 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 Case Reports, from the 3rd year also Short Communications |
| 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 | Ok |
| Comments on workflows | Some issues on 2023 retrospective campaign |
| OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS | The Agreement is sustainable, because the expenditure is aligned to the previous subscription agreement, and it will provide the complete transformation for hybrid component almost from the 3rd year |
| Request contact to the licensee | contact@esac-initiative.org |