Subscription based agreements
Subscription-based matrix
| eSelect | Standard | Complete | |
| Access to selected subscriptions only*** | Y | Y | Y |
| Access to all subscriptions*** | Y | ||
| Archival rights for subscribed content* | Y | Y | |
| Usage reports | Y | Y | |
| Additional collections available** | Y | ||
| Additional backfiles available** | Y | Y | |
| eBook products available** | Y | Y | |
| Full ScienceDirect functionality | Y | Y | Y |
| Start date Jan 1 of each year | Y | Y | Y |
| Article in press availability | Y | Y |
| * | Current year + 4 years and building |
| ** | Additional purchase necessary |
| *** | Some journals (Cell Press, Clinics, 3rd party content) are solely available in an e-only model. |
Post-Termination Access Rights
If you choose to cancel your ScienceDirect license, continued access to the journal and book series content previously subscribed to is possible.
- An annual access fee is charged based on the number of downloads to subscribed content in the previous 12 months at $0.081 per downloaded article. The fee is adjusted each successive year based on usage.
- Per article price increases with inflation in future years assuming no fundamental change in the business climate.
- Current year content, or content not covered by the archival clause is available on a transactional basis.
- Continued access customers may purchase backfiles and subscribe to reference works, but cannot subscribe to journals or book series without restarting a ScienceDirect agreement.
If you choose to cancel your ScienceDirect agreement but do not want to take part in the continued access program, a copy of the electronic files for the subscribed content may be purchased at cost price, i.e. the cost of copying the files and the aterial costs.
