rsc2019heal

Publisher

RSC – Royal Society of Chemistry
Agreement ID rsc2019heal
Agreement labeling RSC Read and Publish
Has the agreement been disclosed and published? No
Agreement period 01/01/2019 – 12/31/2021
Consortia / Institution HEAL-Link, Hellenic Academic Libraries Link
Country Greece
SIZE

Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications

 60
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 First consortium agreement with the RSC
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?

 No comparison with previous years.
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?

 If the number of entitlements will be reached, a certain corridor has been defined in the contract in which a certain number of additional articles will be published with no extra cost. Publication beyond that corridor will have to be bared entirely by the author (not HEAl-Link). In case of not reaching or partially reaching the agreed number of publications, these remaining publications aren’t transferred to the next year of the agreement.

 
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? No
OA LICENSE CC-BY variations allowed
ARTICLE TYPES
 All article types
ACCESS COSTS

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

 20%-50%
Comments Reading and perpetual access rights pricing, amounts to 25% of the overall agreement costs.
ACCESS COVERAGE

Are all read relevant journals covered by the agreement?

 Yes
PERPETUAL ACCESS RIGHTS Yes
WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT Too early to assess
OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS

 

 Too early for a general assessment and comment.
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