| Publisher |
The Geological Society of London |
| Agreement ID | gsl2024ukri |
| Agreement labeling | GSL / UKRI-NERC Read & Publish Agreement 2024-2025 |
| Has the agreement been fully disclosed and published? | No |
| Agreement period | 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2025 |
| Consortia / Institution | Jisc / UKRI-NERC |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| SIZE
Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications |
12 |
| Comments on size/article output | 2020 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 |
| 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? |
OA publishing is unlimited |
| 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? | No |
| OA LICENSE | CC-BY mandatory |
| ARTICLE TYPES |
Original research articles Review articles Proceedings |
| ACCESS COSTS
What is the approximate share of access related costs of the overall agreement? |
20%-50% |
| 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 | Corresponding authors must enter the name of their institution in the publisher’s submission system |
| OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS | This agreement is for the Geological Society’s Lyell Collection, providing read access to 15 journal and book sites, including all current and archived journals plus key book series and historic collections. The agreement also covers unlimited open access publishing for all original article types across the 7 hybrid journals and 3 hybrid book series.
There is a minimal increase in year 2. |
| Request contact to the licensee | contact [at] esac-initiative [dot] org |