| GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| Publisher | Emerald |
| Agreement ID | eme2026kemoe |
| Agreement labeling | Read and Publish Agreement |
| Is the agreement document publicly available? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.kemoe.at/english/ open-access/emerald-open-access-english |
| Agreement period | 1/1/2026 – 12/31/2028 |
| Consortia / Institution | KEMOE |
| Country | Austria |
| COST | |
| How do the costs of the agreement relate to the previous agreement with the publisher? | Cost increase |
| Describe how the cost model has changed from the previous agreement (e.g., move from subscription to R&P / from capped to uncapped / from single APC payments to flat fee, etc.) | Business model has not changed |
| Read-access costs
If the agreement includes read access to subscription content, is a split of the cost between read access and publishing services defined? |
No |
| PUBLISHING-RELATED TERMS | |
| Publication output
What is the approximate number of annual corresponding author publications from your institution/consortium with the publisher (in closed, hybrid and fully OA journals)? |
60 |
| Is the agreement’s provision for OA publishing capped (e.g., limited to a specific number of articles per year) or uncapped? | Capped |
| Are APC-based full open access journals covered by the agreement? | Yes, alongside hybrid titles |
| Article types
Eligible article types |
All original research |
| Risk sharing
What risk-sharing mechanisms exist in cases of exceeding or not reaching the anticipated number of OA publications under the agreement? |
A maximum/minimum payment corridor |
| READ ACCESS-RELATED TERMS | |
| Perpetual access
If the agreement includes read access to subscription content, are perpetual access (post cancellation/termination) rights included? |
Yes |
| OA WORKFLOW | |
| Author workflow and verification
The date for articles’ eligibility is based on: |
Not specified |
| How do consortia or institutions verify author eligibility and approve OA funding? | No process in place (publications are deemed automatically verified/approved) |
| Does the agreement include mechanisms to correct mistakenly approved, missed, or not approved publications (e.g., retrospective OA conversion of closed articles or refunding paid APCs)? | Yes |
| Does the publisher’s reporting on publications satisfy the needs of your institution (frequency, metadata fields, data quality, etc.)? | Yes |
| May authors be charged additional publication fees (such as page charges, article development charges, etc.)? | Not part of the negotiations/not discussed |
| PUBLISHING LICENSES | |
| Author’s licenses
Open access license types included |
CC BY preference, exceptions allowed |
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