| GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Agreement ID | mdpi2026jisc |
| Agreement labeling | MDPI Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP) 2026-2027 |
| Is the agreement document publicly available? | Yes |
| URL | https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/10441/1/ mdpi-institutional-open-access-program-2026-2027.docx |
| Agreement period | 1/1/2026 – 12/31/2027 |
| Consortia / Institution | Jisc |
| Country | UK |
| COST | |
| How do the costs of the agreement relate to the previous agreement with the publisher? | Agreement costs within the range of the previous spending level |
| Describe how the cost model has changed from the previous agreement (e.g., move from subscription to R&P / from capped to uncapped / from single APC payments to flat fee, etc.) | N/A |
| 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)? |
6000 |
| 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, Case reports |
| Risk sharing
What risk-sharing mechanisms exist in cases of exceeding or not reaching the anticipated number of OA publications under the agreement? |
Not applicable as agreement does not require upfront payment |
| OA WORKFLOW | |
| Author workflow and verification
The date for articles’ eligibility is based on: |
Submission date |
| Describe the mechanisms used by the publisher for matching authors with an eligible institution: | Email domain verification, Author selection |
| How do consortia or institutions verify author eligibility and approve OA funding? | Via publisher’s dashboard or third-party platform (pre-publication) |
| 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 | Reports are available from dashboard, in addition publisher provides quarterly reports to Jisc in our preferred template |
| May authors be charged additional publication fees (such as page charges, article development charges, etc.)? | Not part of the negotiations/not discussed |
| Comments on additional publication fees | Not applicable |
| How would you assess the practical implementation of the agreement? | Ok |
| PUBLISHING LICENSES | |
| Author’s licenses
Open access license types included |
CC BY mandatory |
Request contact to the licensee: contact@esac-initiative.org
