| GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| Publisher | JMIR Publications |
| Agreement ID | jmir2026utu |
| Agreement labeling | JMIR Flatfee Unlimited OA Publishing Model Participation Contract |
| Is the agreement document publicly available? | No |
| Agreement period | 1/1/2026 – 12/31/2026 |
| Consortia / Institution | University of Turku |
| Country | Finland |
| 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)? |
2 |
| Is the agreement’s provision for OA publishing capped (e.g., limited to a specific number of articles per year) or uncapped? | Uncapped |
| Coverage
Are all journals relevant to your affiliated authors (i.e., journals in which you expect them to publish) eligible for OA publishing under the agreement? |
Yes |
| Are APC-based full open access journals covered by the agreement? | Yes, the agreement only covers APC-based fully OA titles (publishing-only agreement) |
| Article types
Eligible article types |
Original research articles, Review articles, Proceedings, Letters, Editorials, Other: All article types are covered |
| Risk sharing
What risk-sharing mechanisms exist in cases of exceeding or not reaching the anticipated number of OA publications under the agreement? |
Funds being credited if unused |
| Comments on publishing-related terms | If we have published less than our projected baseline the unused fee may be rolled over and be applied to next year’s fee. If we don’t want to have an agreement for next year and have published less than our projected baseline, we are returned our remaining funds relative to the unused portion of the baseline, minus an agreed handling/administration fee of 10%. |
| OA WORKFLOW | |
| Author workflow and verification
The date for articles’ eligibility is based on: |
Acceptance date |
| Describe the mechanisms used by the publisher for matching authors with an eligible institution: | Email domain verification |
| How do consortia or institutions verify author eligibility and approve OA funding? | Other: A member of production team will reach out to the library to confirm eligibility. |
| 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)? | No |
| Does the publisher’s reporting on publications satisfy the needs of your institution (frequency, metadata fields, data quality, etc.)? | Yes |
| Comments on publisher reporting | JMIR will provide annual report and dashboard access to institution contact. |
| May authors be charged additional publication fees (such as page charges, article development charges, etc.)? | Yes |
| Comments on additional publication fees | The publisher’s fees for additional services, e.g., knowledge translation services, fast track fee, visual/abstract/infographic creation, optional TrendMD promotion, additional language policing/copy editing if requested, are not included in the annual participation fee for this agreement. |
| How would you assess the practical implementation of the agreement? | Too early to assess |
| Comments on workflows | It remains to be seen how the overall process of identifying authors works or if alterations are needed. |
| PUBLISHING LICENSES | |
| Author’s licenses
Open access license types included |
CC BY mandatory |
| Has the author workflow been customized to direct authors to a certain license (e.g., by making the option for CC BY the preselected default)? | Yes |
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