sn2025vanderbilt

Publisher

Springer Nature
Agreement ID sn2025vanderbilt
Agreement labeling Nature Transformative Agreement
Has the agreement been fully disclosed and published? No
Agreement period 01/01/2025 – 12/31/2027
Consortia / Institution Vanderbilt University
Country United States
SIZE

Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications

 11
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?

 Risk has been mitigated by the terms of the agreement
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 Publisher-specific license type
ARTICLE TYPES
 Original research articles
Review articles
Letters
Brief Communication
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 Yes
WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT Too early to assess
Comments on workflows Expect it to be okay based on prior experience with the workflow through the SN NERL agreement and BioMed Central
OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS This agreement has the potential to expand open access publishing in high impact Nature hybrid journals from Vanderbilt authors
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