ieee2024vanderbilt

Publisher

IEEE
Agreement ID ieee2024vanderbilt
Agreement labeling IEEE Open Access Deposit Agreement
Has the agreement been fully disclosed and published? No
Agreement period 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2025
Consortia / Institution Vanderbilt University
Country United States
SIZE

Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications

 35
Comments on size/article output Varies by year
COSTS

How do the costs of the agreement relate to previous subscription-only agreements with the publisher?

 Cost increase
Comments on cost development IEEE offered several options. We elected to setup an APC deposit account.
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?

 Deposit account
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?

 The deposit account can rollover into the following year. However, there is risk that even with this consideration, authors may decline the waiver and they may go unused. IEEE does not allow retroactive flip to OA.
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?

 More than 50%
ACCESS COVERAGE

Are all read relevant journals covered by the agreement?

 Yes
PERPETUAL ACCESS RIGHTS Yes
WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT Deficient
Comments on workflows The process through RightsLink works well. It would be helpful if IEEE allowed authors to flip their article to open access at a later date.
OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS It would be helpful if IEEE allowed authors to flip their article to open access at a later date
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