els2023ie

Publisher

Elsevier

Agreement ID els2023ie
Agreement labeling ScienceDirect transformative agreement
Has the agreement been disclosed and published? Yes
URL https://irel.ie/open-access/sciencedirect/
Agreement period 01/01/2023 – 12/31/2025
Consortia / Institution ScienceDirect Ireland Consortium
Country Ireland
SIZE

Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications

1671
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

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?

 

Entirely based on subscription 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?

Fixed allocation per year of 1,170, with provision for this to adjusted upwards to support a minimum of 70% of OA publishing
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
Proceedings
Letters
Editorials
ACCESS COSTS

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

More than 50%
Comments on access costs 100% of agreement based on access costs
ACCESS COVERAGE

Are all read relevant journals covered by the agreement?

No
PERPETUAL ACCESS RIGHTS Partly (e.g. to core journals only)
WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT Ok
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