els2025malmad

Publisher

Elsevier
Agreement ID els2025malmad
Agreement labeling Elsevier Read & Publish Agreement
Has the agreement been fully disclosed and published? No
Agreement period 01/01/2025 – 12/31/2028
Consortia / Institution MALMAD
Country Israel
SIZE

Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications

 1300
Comments on size/article output The OA quota will gradually grow from 70% to 90% of average article output
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 cost development Cost is based on historic subscription spend only
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?

 

 No risk sharing if OA allowance is underused
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 variations allowed
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?

 More than 50%
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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