els2023deal

Publisher

Elsevier
Agreement ID els2023deal
Agreement labeling Publish and Read Agreement
Has the agreement been fully disclosed and published? Yes

 
URL https://doi.org/10.17617/2.3523659
Agreement period 09/01/2023 – 12/31/2028
Consortia / Institution Projekt DEAL Consortium
Country Germany
SIZE

Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications

 11500
Comments on size/article output Estimated output of German corresponding authors in hybrid and fully open access journals published by Elsevier, assuming a participation rate of 95% of all eligible institutions
COSTS

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

 Cost decrease
Comments on cost development The estimated total cost of the agreement is approximately 40% less than the total subscription costs of German academic institutions in the past
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 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?

 There is no fixed/limited publishing entitlement in the agreement, and by moving entirely to a post-payment model, the risks of unexpected fluctuations in publishing output are shared equally between the parties
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
ARTICLE TYPES
 Original research articles
Review articles
Letters
Full Length Articles; Review Articles; Case Reports; Data in Brief; Microarticle; Original Software Publication; Protocol; Replication Study; Short Communication; Short Survey; Video Article
ACCESS COSTS

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

 1%-5%
Comments on access costs The hybrid PAR fees for Core Hybrid journals also cover the reading access to the Cell Press and The Lancet portfolio
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 The agreement includes a number of workflow-related measures designed to maximize the uptake of open access publishing by authors and the adoption of CC-BY licenses for open access articles published under the agreement
OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS The agreement breaks with the history of subscription fees and moves to a more transparent economic model based on the open access publishing services provided by the publisher to German authors. At the same time, it has the potential to make around 20% of German research output openly accessible
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