tf2019qnl

Publisher

Taylor & Francis
Agreement ID tf2019qnl
Agreement labeling Informa UK Ltd
Has the agreement been disclosed and published? No
Agreement period 01/01/2019 – 12/31/2020
Consortia / Institution Qatar National Library
Country Qatar
SIZE

Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications

 80
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 Offsetting agreement, most of the funds that used to go to subscription were converted to the publishing. Significant offset of the read component.
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?

 The mechanisms for risk sharing are not stated in the agreement but there has been some flexibility by the publisher to roll-over the unused vouchers to the following year.
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 preference, exceptions allowed
ARTICLE TYPES
 Original research articles
Review articles
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 No
WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT Ok
OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS

 

 The number of funding requests were not as high as we had anticipated for the first year of the agreement. Around 20% of the credit was not used, we agreed with Taylor & Francis to give the option of carrying over some of the credit for the next year. The remaining credit was used to fund articles from the previous year. As for the second year, we did not have enough credit to keep up with the number of requests. Taylor & Francis also created an online presentation for researchers to give them tips on publishing. The Taylor & Francis system was useful in easing the process for both the end-user and the researchers.
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