The ESAC Registry collects and presents essential information about open access publishing agreements worldwide. By documenting key terms, conditions and service components, the Registry helps institutions, consortia and publishers better understand the evolving landscape of OA agreements, compare documented results across contexts, and strengthen shared understanding. This, in turn, contributes to more informed negotiations, improved business standards, and greater market transparency.
Who should submit
The Registry welcomes submissions from any consortium or institution with agreements that include provisions for open access publishing. Consortium-level agreements should be registered at the consortium level rather than by individual member institutions.
What agreements to submit
The Registry welcomes submissions of all types of OA publishing agreements, including: transformative agreements, read and publish agreements, publish and read agreements, publishing-only agreements, and evolving mixed-model or all-inclusive agreements where open access publishing is ensured through negotiated terms.
Submissions of expired agreements are also valuable, as these records help map how institutional agreements have evolved and track the global shift toward open access.
What information can be shared
Sharing information on terms, conditions, and service components is entirely voluntary, and contributors are invited to submit whatever level of detail they are comfortable providing. Even basic information—such as the existence of an agreement, the participating library or consortium and publisher, and the approximate size or number of articles covered—makes a meaningful contribution to the shared picture.
Every submission will be carefully reviewed for consistency and comparability before being added to the Registry.
Thank you for contributing to this collective resource!