| Publisher |
Sage |
| Agreement ID | sage2022lmba |
| Agreement labeling | SAGE Journals Online |
| Has the agreement been disclosed and published? | Yes |
| URL | Contract part 1 / part 2 Addendum |
| Agreement period | 01/01/2022 – 12/31/2023 |
| Consortia / Institution | Lithuanian Research Library Consortium |
| Country | Lithuania |
| SIZE
Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications |
45 |
| Comments on size/article output | Data is taken from WoS reports |
| COSTS
How do the costs of the agreement relate to previous subscription-only agreements with the publisher? |
Cost increase |
| 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 publishing |
| OA COVERAGE
Are all journals relevant to your affiliated authors (in which you expect them to publish) eligible for OA publishing under the agreement? |
No |
| Are fully open access journals covered by the agreement? | No |
| OA LICENSE | CC-BY variations allowed |
| ARTICLE TYPES |
Original research articles Review articles Proceedings Letters Editorials |
| 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 | Ok |
| OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS | We lack a clear picture of the scope of articles that are published by our researchers. It would be good to know how many articles were published in OA vs closed access. |
| Request contact to the licensee | contact@esac-initiative.org |