rsc2024sanlic

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry

Agreement ID rsc2024sanlic
Agreement labeling RSC Platinum Read & Publish Agreement
Has the agreement been fully disclosed and published? No
Agreement period 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2027
Consortia / Institution SANLiC
Country South Africa
SIZE

Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications

83
Comments on size/article output Average article output for the years 2019-2022
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 Cost was below an inflationary increase on 2023 reading fees. No cost based on prior publishing spend is included. All our subscribing members have reading privileges across all RCS journals and unlimited publishing privileges in all hybrid and gold open access journals.
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?

Unlimited OA publication
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
Review 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 Partly (e.g. to core journals only)
WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT Too early to assess
OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS The agreement removed the publishing cap and waived Article Processing Charges (APCs) for new Gold journals until mid-2024, enabling researchers to publish open access across various journals
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