sc2016bibsam

Publisher

Springer Nature
Agreement ID sc2016bibsam
Agreement labeling Springer Compact
Has the agreement been disclosed and published? No
Agreement period 07/01/2016 – 12/31/2018
Consortia / Institution Bibsam consortium
Country Sweden
SIZE

Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications

 1216
COSTS

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

 Cost increase
FINANCIAL SHIFT

Transfomative 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?

 – Packages with a fixed amount of articles have been purchased; numbers were based on average publication figures from previous years plus expected growth rates
– The agreed numbers have not been reached
– No risk sharing mechanisms have been agreed, meaning that there was no compensation for entitlements that weren’t used
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
BriefCommunication – Short article submitted for rapid publication that exhibits the same structure as a standard article. ContinuingEducation – Article forming integral part of further education (usually medical).
ACCESS COSTS

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

 20%-50%
Comments  21% reading fee (2016)
ACCESS COVERAGE

Are all read relevant journals covered by the agreement?

 Yes
PERPETUAL ACCESS RIGHTS Yes
WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT OK
OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS

 

 Recom­men­da­tions for the rene­go­ti­a­tions of Spring­er Compact: Report 4 of the Evalu­a­tion of the Swedish Spring­er Compact agre­e­ment
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