| Publisher |
Elsevier |
| Agreement ID | els2024crkn |
| Has the agreement been disclosed and published? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.crkn-rcdr.ca/sites/default/files/2024-04/CRKN-Elsevier_2024-2026_License%20Amendment_2024-03-28_red.pdf |
| Agreement period | 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2026 |
| Consortia / Institution | Canadian Research Knowledge Network |
| Country | Canada |
| SIZE
Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications |
9000 |
| 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? |
No distinction made between publishing costs and reading costs |
| 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? |
Unlimited publishing in core hybrid and core hybrid specialty journals |
| 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? | No |
| OA LICENSE | CC-BY preference, exceptions allowed |
| ARTICLE TYPES |
Original research articles Review articles Case reports, Data in brief |
| ACCESS COSTS
What is the approximate share of access related costs of the overall agreement? |
N/A – no distinction made between access costs and publishing 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 | Deficient |
| Comments on workflows | Manual validation of articles by consortium is required; move to automatic approval is targeted |
| Request contact to the licensee | contact@esac-initiative.org |