rsc2019iow

Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry
Agreement ID rsc2019iow
Agreement labeling Read and Publish
Has the agreement been disclosed and published? No
Agreement period 01/01/2019 – 12/31/2019
Consortia / Institution Iowa State University
Country United States
SIZE

Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications

29
Comments on size/ article output Based on publisher estimate
COSTS

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

Cost increase
Comments on cost development Year one price is approximately 10% higher than previous year’s subscription package. RSC agreement model may lead to reductions to the Read fee based on agreement adoption. costs may move towards being neutral over time.
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?

Fixed OA publishing entitlements match anticipated output. Articles above entitlement will be published on the subscription side or the library will need to pay additional publishing costs to make them OA.
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
Original research articles
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 Yes
WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT Too early to assess
Comments on workflows
We are undertaking joint development with Cambridge to accommodate UC’s multi-payer workflow beginning in 2020 as part of the agreement.
OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS

 

Agreement is sustainable. Read fee will possibly go down based on the number of articles RSC publishes on the OA side vs the subscription side.Overall, this is a good starter agreement with RSC. They were very easy to work with. Regular US sales reps understood the OA model and could answer questions about it.
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