NELSON MANDELA UNIVERSITY CURRENT SANLiC AGREEMENTS AUTHOR OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING



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  Wiley SAGE Emerald Cambridge University Press ACS Open The Royal Society Springer Elsevier (ScienceDirect) Oxford University Press Taylor & Francis
Agreement Period 2026-2029 2025-2027 2025-2027 2025-2027 2026-2028 2025-2027 2026-2028 2026-2028 2026-2028 2024-2026
Read Access Entrenched Entrenched Entrenched Entrenched Entrenched Entrenched Entrenched Entrenched Entrenched Entrenched
Hybrid Journals Opened Up 1364 920 SAGE
18 IMECHe
259 330 73
(19 fully Gold OA)
8 2042 2600 399 N/A
Hybrid OA Article Limit (without author-facing charges) Uncapped Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Capped at
116 (2022)
140 (2023)
165 (2024) Capped
Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Capped at
977 (2026)
1002 (2027)
1028 (2028) Capped
Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited Capped at
1276 (2024)
1327 (2025)
1380 (2026) Capped
Added Gold OA journal publishing benefits (author-facing charges) No charge in years 2-4 (uncapped). 20% discount on APCs.
198 titles APC Discount
N/A – ONLY Diamond OA titles (54). N/A – ONLY Gold OA titles (40) Gold OA Gold open access journals (the ACS Au journals) a flat $ 3,000 article processing charge (APC) N/A – ONLY Gold OA titles There is no discount for publishing in full OA journals. • 55% discount on APCs. In 475 OA Gold titles
15% discount on APCs on broader OA titles APC Discount
• 25% discount on APCs. In OA Gold APC Discount 10% discount on APCs. APC Discount
Total Cost Increase over the period agreement Price increases are capped for the duration of this agreement at: 1.5% (2026-2029) Price increases for the three years of the agreement (2022-2024) are capped at 3% per year. All Emerald products are capped for the duration of this agreement: 2.8% (2022-2024) 2.8.% (2022) 3% (2023- 2024) Price increases for the four years of the deal are 0% for 2021 and 2022, 1.5% for 2023, and 3% for 2024 The increase per annum for the three years of the agreement (2026-2028) will be 3% Price increases for the four years of the agreement (2024-2027) are: 2% (202-2026) 1% (2027) Read and publish fee is a 2% annual increase for three years on the current 2022 read-only fee Price increase 2.25% (2026-2028) •Price increases are capped for the duration of this agreement Price increases are capped for the duration of this agreement at 3.75% on existing reading expenditure.
Additional Costs Avoided Author-facing charges will be assessed at the end of each agreement year. They are expected to run into several million US dollars. Author training and support. Author-facing charges will be assessed at the end of each agreement year. They are expected to run into several million US dollars. Author training and support. Author-facing charges will be assessed at the end of each agreement year. They are expected to run into several million US dollars. Author training and support. Author-facing charges will be assessed at the end of each agreement year. They are expected to run into several million US dollars. Author training and support. Author-facing charges will be assessed at the end of each agreement year. They are expected to run into several million US dollars. Author training and support. Author-facing charges will be assessed at the end of each agreement year. They are expected to run into several million US dollars. Author training and support. Author-facing charges will be assessed at the end of each agreement year. They are expected to run into several million US dollars. Author training and support. Author-facing charges will be assessed at the end of each agreement year. They are expected to run into several million US dollars. Author training and support. Author-facing charges will be assessed at the end of each agreement year. They are expected to run into several million US dollars. Author training and support. Author-facing charges will be assessed at the end of each agreement year. They are expected to run into several million US dollars. Author training and support.