rsc2023csic

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry
Agreement ID rsc2023csic
Has the agreement been fully disclosed and published? Yes
URL http://bibliotecas.csic.es/sites/default/files/
ESAC-CSIC-RSC-2023-2025-Adenda-3rd.pdf
Agreement period 01/01/2023 – 08/31/2025
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?

 Agreement costs within the range of the previous spending level
Comments on cost development This is the third R&P deal with this publisher. Increase of 1.5%.
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
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?

 The number of OA articles is unlimited
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
ACCESS COSTS

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

 5%-20%
Comments on access costs 20% access, 80% publishing
ACCESS COVERAGE

Are all read relevant journals covered by the agreement?

 Yes
PERPETUAL ACCESS RIGHTS Yes
WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT Deficient
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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