els2024finelib

Publisher

Elsevier
Agreement ID els2024finelib
Agreement labeling Science Direct read and publish agreement
Has the agreement been fully disclosed and published? Yes
URL https://extra.kansalliskirjasto.fi/finelib_julkinen/
Elsevier/FinELib_Elsevier_SD_%20Freedom_2024-2025_redacted.pdf
Agreement period 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2025
Consortia / Institution FinELib consortium
Country Finland
SIZE

Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications

 1700
COSTS

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

 Cost decrease
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?

 Total cost includes reading and publishing but their shares of the total cost are not specified in the agreement
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 1800. Unused open access articles will carry over to the next calendar year and articles from the 2025 total may be used in 2024.
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
CC-BY-NC-ND
ARTICLE TYPES
 Original research articles
Review articles
short communications, case reports, short reviews (surveys), original software publications, data articles, micro-articles, protocols, replication studies, videos
ACCESS COSTS

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

 20%-50%
Comments on access costs Access related costs are about 25% of the total costs
ACCESS COVERAGE

Are all read relevant journals covered by the agreement?

 Yes
PERPETUAL ACCESS RIGHTS Yes
WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT Ok
Request contact to the licensee contact [at] esac-initiative [dot] org