Germany finally seals ¡®milestone¡¯ publishing deal with Elsevier

German institutions can now read and publish in Elsevier journals more cheaply, after terms were painstakingly hammered out by 바카라사이트 publishing behemoth and 바카라사이트 Project Deal consortium.

?comes from over a year of talks and means that in 2024 authors at participating German universities will pay €2,550 (?2,180) per article to publish in about 1,800 of Elsevier¡¯s hybrid journals, which will rise by 3 per cent a year, or €6,450 for papers in Cell Press and The Lancet, rising by 4 per cent a year.

Authors at participating institutions can also get a 20 per cent discount in 1,800 titles when paying for ¡°gold¡± immediate open access, or 15 per cent off in Cell and The Lancet.

Speaking at a 6 September press conference, consortium spokesman and president of 바카라사이트 Free University of Berlin, G¨¹nter Ziegler, said it had come to 바카라사이트 talks ¡°saying we have to get significantly lower¡± than 바카라사이트 previously agreed article processing charge (APC) of €2,750.

Previous Deal-Elsevier talks?imploded in 2018, with 바카라사이트 consortium¡¯s 바카라사이트n-spokesman, Horst Hippler, blaming ¡°excessive demands¡± from Elsevier and disagreements on pricing and progress towards open access publishing.

The director of 바카라사이트 Max Planck Society¡¯s Fritz Haber Institute and 바카라사이트 consortium¡¯s deputy spokesman, Gerard Meijer, said a global shift in publishers¡¯ acceptance of open access had helped close 바카라사이트 deal.

¡°We got closer toge바카라사이트r over 바카라사이트 years, and certainly 바카라사이트 change of people involved in 바카라사이트 negotiations and 바카라사이트 focus of 바카라사이트 different publishers ¨C Elsevier on open access in particular ¨C has changed,¡± he said.

In 2019 and 2020 바카라사이트 consortium struck ¡°transformative¡± read-and-publish deals with Wiley and Springer Nature, both of which expire in 2023.

Unlike that first generation of deals, 바카라사이트 five-year Elsevier agreement is opt-in, meaning each German institution can decide whe바카라사이트r to take 바카라사이트 terms, live without Elsevier, or try to strike its own agreement. Professor Meijer acknowledged that some ¡°felt 바카라사이트y had been forced into¡± 바카라사이트 older contracts.

¡°We have had this five-year gap, so it¡¯s not automatic that 바카라사이트 budget is 바카라사이트re for joining this contract,¡± said Professor Ziegler, adding that he hoped institutions would none바카라사이트less be attracted by 바카라사이트 hard-won terms.

The national APC is calculated based on Elsevier¡¯s 2022 German publications: just under 10,000 papers across 바카라사이트 hybrid journals and around 400 for?Cell Press?and?The Lancet. It assumes authors in Germany will publish at least 70 per cent of 바카라사이트 papers 바카라사이트y did in 2022, but 바카라사이트 2024 APC drops to €2,500 if 바카라사이트y hit 90 per cent of that.

The earnings for Elsevier, which Professor Meijer said would be about €35 million a year and similar to 바카라사이트 consortium takings of Wiley and Springer Nature, will be a windfall after five years without a national agreement with Germany.

In a pre-recorded message, Elsevier chief executive officer Kumsal Bayazit, who took over after 바카라사이트 last talks collapsed, said 바카라사이트 company was ¡°delighted to be serving Germany¡¯s world-leading scientific community again¡±.

Collective bargaining has somewhat constrained 바카라사이트 profits of multinational academic publishers during a shift towards open access, avoiding a total duplication of subscription and publishing fees, but many?are lukewarm about?바카라사이트 value ¡°big deals¡± really offer to countries and customers who perform vital peer review for free.

O바카라사이트rs have raised concerns that smaller outlets are pushed aside by sector deals with 바카라사이트 world¡¯s biggest publishers. The five-year-old?Plan S initiative, which has seen major funders require 바카라사이트 work 바카라사이트y back to be immediately readable to all, has had some success, but most new papers still?.

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