Transformative Agreements

500 titles + 30 exclusions

Hybrid Journals

Does the Author have grant funding available?

• Yes
  • Author's cost: $0-$6,619 (by journal)
  • Author grant funding pays the APC minus a $1000 subsidy covered by the library’s subscription
• No
  • Author's cost: Free
  • Library subscription covers the APC when authors are without available grant funding

Fully OA Journals

Regardless of whether the Author has grant funding available:

• Author's cost: $0-$3,900 (by journal)
• Library subscription covers a $750 subsidy toward the APC
• Author covers the remainder through their grant or other funding source

Workflow graphic by Jason Price (SCELC)

Multi-payer OA Funding Workflow

1. Corresponding author indicates primary affiliation with an eligible institution at submission
2. Author receives email with link to online licensing and payment system (SciPris) when their article is accepted for publication
3. Author creates/logs in to SciPris account (separate from submission system)

Hybrid Journal Article Process

1. Author chooses an open access license (or opts out of Open Access)
2. For OA articles, the $1000 subsidy covered by the library subscription is applied automatically 
3. Author specifies whether funding is available to pay the APC
   1. When funding is available, author specifies details to pay the remainder of the APC
   2. When no grant funding is available, the library subscription covers the full cost

Fully OA Journal Article Process

1. Author chooses an open access license
2. The $750 subsidy covered by the library subscription is applied automatically
3. Author specifies payment details to pay the remainder of the APC

Corresponding authors that indicate an eligible institution as their primary affiliation when they submit the article for publishing

Research article, Review article, Case report, or Brief report

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