rsc2021csic

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry
Agreement ID rsc2021csic
Agreement labeling RSC Read and Publish
Has the agreement been fully disclosed and published? Yes
URL http://bibliotecas.csic.es/sites/default/files/OK-CSIC-RSC%202021-2022%20Addendum%20(2nd).pdf
Agreement period 01/01/2021 – 12/31/2022
Consortia / Institution CSIC Spanish National Research Council
Country Spain
SIZE

Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications

 190
COSTS

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

 Cost increase
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
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
 Original research articles
Review articles
Communications
ACCESS COSTS

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

 20%-50%
Comments Reading is 24%
ACCESS COVERAGE

Are all read relevant journals covered by the agreement?

 Yes
PERPETUAL ACCESS RIGHTS Yes
WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT Ok
Comments on workflows Publisher sends a monthly list of articles published under the agreement and also reports authors who have refused to publish in OA. The verification is usually correct, but we would also like to have a dashboard.
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