microbio2023ukhsa

Publisher

Microbiology Society
Agreement ID microbio2023ukhsa
Agreement labeling Microbiology Society UKHSA 2023/2024
Has the agreement been fully disclosed and published? No
Agreement period 01/01/2023 – 12/31/2024
Consortia / Institution UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
Country United Kingdom
SIZE

Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications

 16
COSTS

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

 Cost increase
Comments on cost development Previously departments paid individually to publish open access, and because the agreement allows for unlimited publishing it actually overall represents a cost decrease in comparison to having an individual subscription and paying individually for publishing
FINANCIAL SHIFT

Transfomative 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?

 Unlimited open access publishing is allowed
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 variations allowed
ARTICLE TYPES
 All article types are eligible
ACCESS COSTS

What is the approximate share of access related costs of the overall agreement?

 More than 50%
Comments on access costs This will decrease as more titles flip to open access
ACCESS COVERAGE

Are all read relevant journals covered by the agreement?

 Yes
PERPETUAL ACCESS RIGHTS Yes
WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT Ok
OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS This agreement is beneficial to UKHSA because it allows for any article type to be published through the agreement in any of the Microbiology Society’s journals, and it makes publishing open access easier and more frictionless
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