| Publisher |
Elsevier |
| Agreement ID | els2025slov |
| Agreement labeling | Elsevier Subscription Agreement |
| Has the agreement been fully disclosed and published? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.enarocanje.si/#/pregled-pogodb/300425 |
| Agreement period | 01/01/2025 – 12/31/2028 |
| Consortia / Institution | Slovenian Consortium CTK |
| Country | Slovenia |
| SIZE
Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications |
450 |
| COSTS
How do the costs of the agreement relate to previous subscription-only agreements with the publisher? |
Cost increase |
| Comments on cost development | 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? |
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? |
Unlimited number of APCs for the entire contract duration |
| 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 Proceedings Letters Editorials |
| ACCESS COSTS
What is the approximate share of access related costs of the overall agreement? |
0% |
| Comments on access costs | Not specified. Read & Publishing costs are not distinguished. |
| ACCESS COVERAGE
Are all read relevant journals covered by the agreement? |
Yes |
| PERPETUAL ACCESS RIGHTS | Partly (e.g. to core journals only) |
| WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT | Ok |
| Comments on workflows | Date for eligible articles is based on article acceptance date |
| OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS | We managed to fix the Core Hybrid Eligible Journal list for the duration of the agreement – any journal that will transform to fully OA publishing model will not be removed from the list. We didn’t manage to get all the journals subscribed to as part of the agreement. Cell Press titles, Lancet titles and some Society owned titles are not included. |
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