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VUT Open Access Publishing: Transformative Agreements: Science Direct

Guide to Open Publishing

Science Direct

 A three-year read and publish deal with the overall pricing premised on our current subscription spend only.

o   Year 1 (2023), a 2.5% increase in current subscription spend.

o   Years 2 and 3 (2024 and 2025), a 2.25% annual increase on the prior year's read and publish spend.

·        The offer includes capped hybrid OA publishing without APCs at an 8% p.a. growth on our current hybrid article output.

·        A 15% discount on fully OA (gold) journal article publishing.

·        A developmental programme to support growth and development in the South African research community

 

For more information click here Science Direct (Elsevier)