| Publisher |
Oxford University Press |
| Agreement ID | oxf2021kaust |
| Agreement labeling | “Read & Publish Agreement” |
| Has the agreement been disclosed and published? | No |
| Agreement period | 01/01/2021 – 12/31/2023 |
| Consortia / Institution | KAUST |
| Country | Saudi Arabia |
| SIZE
Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications |
14 |
| Comments on size/article output | Number of articles with KAUST corresponding authors in 2020 (source: Scopus) |
| COSTS
How do the costs of the agreement relate to previous subscription-only agreements with the publisher? |
Cost increase |
| 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 |
| OA COVERAGE
Are all journals relevant to your affiliated authors (in which you expect them to publish) eligible for OA publishing under the agreement? |
No |
| Are fully open access journals covered by the agreement? | No |
| OA LICENSE | CC-BY mandatory |
| ARTICLE TYPES |
Original research articles Review articles |
| ACCESS COSTS
What is the approximate share of access related costs of the overall agreement? |
20%-50% |
| ACCESS COVERAGE
Are all read relevant journals covered by the agreement? |
Yes |
| PERPETUAL ACCESS RIGHTS | Yes |
| WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT | Ok |
| Comments on workflows | Satisfactory, managing requests through OA Prepayment Account developed by OUP (pros: real time reporting; cons: one more system to use in managing OA agreements) |
| OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS | Many of smaller society-owned journals are not feasible for open access transformation |
| Request contact to the licensee | contact [at] esac-initiative [dot] org |