| Publisher |
Karger |
| Agreement ID | kar2024unipd |
| Agreement labeling | Karger Publish and Access Unlimited – University of Padua |
| Has the agreement been disclosed and published? | No |
| Agreement period | 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2025 |
| Consortia / Institution | University of Padua |
| Country | Italy |
| SIZE
Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications |
5 |
| Comments on size/article output | For 2024 and ongoing 2025 articles published by University of Padua’s corresponding authors are decreasing |
| 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 | Cost is almost the same of reading subscription |
| 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? |
No risk sharing |
| 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 preference, exceptions allowed |
| ARTICLE TYPES |
Original research articles Review articles Proceedings Letters Editorials |
| 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 | No |
| WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT | Too early to assess |
| Comments on workflows | ChronosHub workflow is not efficient |
| OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS | It is sustainable, but our ongoing goal to publish more with Karger is not yet satisfied |
| Request contact to the licensee | contact@esac-initiative.org |