rsc2023hkbu

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry
Agreement ID rsc2023hkbu
Agreement labeling “Publish and Read”/Transformative Agreement
Has the agreement been fully disclosed and published? No
Agreement period 01/01/2023 – 12/31/2025
Consortia / Institution Hong Kong Baptist University
Country Hong Kong
SIZE

Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications

 18
Comments on size/article output The average article outputs of past 3 years
COSTS

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

 Cost increase
Comments on cost development The cost fully converted to the OA publishing fees and the access is also expanded to the Gold package
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 fully converted to OA publishing fees (access related costs 5% or less)
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 APC tokens is lower than the expected output
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?

 0%
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 No research dashboard. Only email notification is provided to the Library, such workflow is not ideal in tracing the publishing status.
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