| Publisher |
European Respiratory Society |
| Agreement ID | ers2024eifl |
| Agreement labeling | ERS Journals Agreement |
| Has the agreement been disclosed and published? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.eifl.net/news/eifl-european-respiratory-society-renew-agreement |
| Agreement period | 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2026 |
| Consortia / Institution | EIFL |
| Country | Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Botswana, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Fiji, Georgia, Ghana, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Malawi, Maldives, Moldova, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, North Macedonia, Palestine, Senegal, Serbia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
| SIZE
Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications |
1 |
| 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 | The agreement provides EIFL partner countries with free or deeply discounted access to eight high-impact journals in the physical and biological sciences, and waived Article Processing Charges (APCs) for open access publishing in fully open access and hybrid journals. |
| 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 previous subscription spend for these countries |
| 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 for 32 countries |
| OA COVERAGE
Are all journals relevant to your affiliated authors (in which you expect them to publish) eligible for OA publishing under the agreement? |
Yes |
| Are fully open access journals covered by the agreement? | Yes |
| OA LICENSE | CC-BY mandatory |
| ARTICLE TYPES |
Original research articles |
| ACCESS COSTS
What is the approximate share of access related costs of the overall agreement? |
0% |
| ACCESS COVERAGE
Are all read relevant journals covered by the agreement? |
Yes |
| PERPETUAL ACCESS RIGHTS | No |
| WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT | Ok |
| OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS | This is a good agreement for EIFL partner countries. Countries that are eligible for free access and no publishing fees:
Armenia, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Georgia, Ghana, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Malawi, Maldives, Moldova, Myanmar, Nepal, Palestine, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe The following countries can pay for discounted access and do not pay publishing fees: Albania, Azerbaijan, Botswana, Fiji, Kosovo, Namibia, North Macedonia, Serbia |
| Request contact to the licensee | contact [at] esac-initiative [dot] org |