trs2021osu

Publisher

The Royal Society
Agreement ID trs2021osu
Agreement labeling Royal Society Read & Publish Agreement
Has the agreement been fully disclosed and published? No
Agreement period 01/01/2021 – 12/31/2021
Consortia / Institution The Ohio State University
Country United States
SIZE

Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications

 15
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?

 Costs are based on 2021 subscription spend plus the average annual APC spend over two years (2018 + 2019)
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?

 Uncapped, unlimited Open Access 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?

 Yes
Are fully open access journals covered by the agreement? Yes
OA LICENSE CC-BY mandatory
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 Yes
WORKFLOW ASSESSMENT Too early to assess
OVERALL ASSESSMENT AND COMMENTS Pilot agreement
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