rsc2023slov

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry
Agreement ID rsc2023slov
Agreement labeling RSC Read&Publish
Has the agreement been fully disclosed and published? No
Agreement period 01/01/2023 – 12/31/2023
Consortia / Institution Slovenian Consortium CTK
Country Slovenia
SIZE

Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications

 35
Comments on size/article output The agreement actually offers an unlimited number of open access publications in RSC journals and its partner society hybrid journals, therefore fully covers the expected annual number of publications
COSTS

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

 Cost increase
Comments on cost development Cost increase in relation to previous subscription-only agreement, but estimated actually as cost-neutral in terms of “total cost of publication” in previous years
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?

 For fully gold journals a 15% APC discount has been agreed, therefore publication in gold journals will result in additional APC costs on top of the contract value
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 preference, exceptions allowed
ARTICLE TYPES
 Original research articles
Review articles
Letters
Editorials
ACCESS COSTS

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

 20%-50%
ACCESS COVERAGE

Are all read relevant journals covered by the agreement?

 Yes
PERPETUAL ACCESS RIGHTS Yes
WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT Ok
Comments on workflows Only administrators from individual consortium members can access the approval platform, there is no consortium level access, monitoring of article production is therefore more difficult, as is the assistance to authors and administrators
OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS The costs of this agreement are estimated as acceptable to all consortium members as the license covers an unlimited number of vouchers for OA publications by corresponding authors from the consortium
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