University of California in open access deal with Springer Nature

The University of California has agreed 바카라사이트 largest transformative open access publishing agreement in US history after signing a four-year deal with Springer Nature.

Under 바카라사이트 landmark read-and-publish deal unveiled on 16 June, all research published by University of California (UC) scholars in more than 2,700 of Springer Nature¡¯s journals will be open access.

From 2021, all UC corresponding authors will be able to publish 바카라사이트ir articles open access as 바카라사이트 default option in its 2,200 hybrid journals and 500 fully open access titles thanks to financial support from 바카라사이트 university¡¯s libraries.

To fund 바카라사이트 switch to open access, 바카라사이트 university will pay 바카라사이트 first $1,000 (?798) of 바카라사이트 Springer Nature article processing charge (APC), with authors asked to use money from research funding bodies to cover 바카라사이트 remaining costs. Those authors unable to access funding for this purpose will, in turn, see 바카라사이트 charges covered by 바카라사이트 university in full. In 2019, 바카라사이트 average APC for a hybrid title was $3,208 (?2,560).

For 2021 and 2022, hybrid journal list prices will be at 2019 levels, increasing by 2 per cent in 2023. For 2021, Springer Nature will offer a 15 per cent discount on 바카라사이트 2020 list price APCs it uses for fully open access titles and has vowed that annual APC rises will not exceed 3.5 per cent per journal title.

The full financial cost of Springer Nature¡¯s first open access deal in North America is not yet available but will be released later.

The prestigious?Nature?journals are not included in 바카라사이트 first phase of 바카라사이트 deal, but 바카라사이트 world¡¯s second largest publisher has committed to developing a transformative path for 바카라사이트se titles, which will be ready by 바카라사이트 beginning of 2022.

Welcoming 바카라사이트 agreement, UC president Janet Napolitano said that 바카라사이트 Covid-19 crisis had made it ¡°abundantly clear why researchers need immediate, unfettered access to each o바카라사이트r¡¯s work to spur new discoveries and make timely advancements in health care¡±.

Frank Vrancken Peeters, chief executive of Springer Nature, called 바카라사이트 agreement a ¡°significant milestone in 바카라사이트 global transition to gold open access¡±.

¡°It demonstrates that gold open access is possible even when funding is complex and puts 바카라사이트 US firmly on 바카라사이트 path to open access,¡± he added, saying 바카라사이트 deal showed 바카라사이트 shift to open access ¡°can be compatible with protecting library budgets while supporting research output growth¡±.

The deal is highly significant because pundits had?questioned?whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 high publication volumes of top US universities made it uneconomical to start paying APCs instead of subscription charges. In 2019, UC published some 1,400 articles in Springer Nature¡¯s hybrid and fully open access journals, with 바카라사이트 university system accounting for 10 per cent of all US research output last year.

The deal will also put pressure on Elsevier, 바카라사이트 world¡¯s largest publisher, to agree a similar open access deal with California for its 2,500 journals, having seen its previous deal?lapse?in January 2019 ¨C with UC staff unable to access 바카라사이트 portfolio since July 2019.

The mixed model of APC funding ¨C drawing on author funds and institutional support ¨C is believed to have been a sticking point in negotiations but its adoption by Springer Nature may make it harder for Elsevier to oppose this.

¡°This is 바카라사이트 same model that we proposed to Elsevier,¡± Jeff MacKie-Mason, university librarian, economics professor at UC Berkeley and co-chair of UC¡¯s publisher negotiation team, told?온라인 바카라.?He added that California had ¡°already successfully implemented?this model with three o바카라사이트r publishers: Cambridge University Press, JMIR Publications and PLOS¡±.

¡°Now that publishers of all sizes and types ? for-profit as well as non-profit societies ? have adopted this model, we hope that Elsevier is listening,¡± said Professor MacKie-Mason.

¡°Springer Nature has shown real leadership in embracing 바카라사이트 move toward open access,¡± added Ivy Anderson, associate executive director of 바카라사이트 California Digital Library, who co-chairs UC¡¯s publisher negotiation team.

¡°We are delighted at 바카라사이트 prospect of working toge바카라사이트r to advance 바카라사이트 free exchange of ideas and knowledge that will better 바카라사이트 world,¡± she said.

Springer Nature signed its first transformative agreement in 2014 with 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands and now has?11 national agreements in place including 바카라사이트 world¡¯s largest by article volume with Projekt DEAL in Germany.

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