trs2024csic

Publisher

The Royal Society
Agreement ID trs2024csic
Agreement labeling Read and Publish Agreement
Has the agreement been fully disclosed and published? Yes
URL https://bibliotecas.csic.es/sites/default/files/ESAC-CSIC-Royal-Society-Publishing-Read-and-Publish-agreement-2024.pdf
Agreement period 01/01/2024 – 12/31/2024
Consortia / Institution CSIC Spanish National Research Council
Country Spain
SIZE

Approximate range of annual corresponding author publications

 22
COSTS

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

 Cost increase
Comments on cost development 2024 is the third agreement with this publisher. It is renewed without annual increases. But the first year did mean an increase compared to the previous years of subscription.
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?

 An unlimited number of articles can be published under 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?

 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 Ok
Comments on workflows It is necessary to request the reports from the editor. It would be preferable to have a dashboard that the library can access.
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