All publishers participating in the TJ programme are required to provide an annual report – at the journal level – showing, amongst other things, the actual OA penetration level that was achieved and whether the target was met. This data must be supplied to the cOAlition S office no later than the 31st of May.
Titles that do not meet their OA targets will be removed from the TJ programme on the 1st of January, of the following year. At that time, such titles will no longer appear as TJs in the Journal Checker Tool (JCT).
Publication fees for articles submitted to a TJ title, which is subsequently removed from the programme, will be met by the relevant funder, for all submissions made before the 1st of January.
A worked example:
In 2022 the TJ title “Journal Z” had a target for publishing 20% of all research articles OA, but only achieved 18%. This data must be supplied to cOAlition S no later than 31st May 2023. As this journal has not met its target, it will be removed from the TJ programme (and the JCT) on the 1st of January 2024. Publication fees for articles submitted to “Journal Z”, will be met by the funder (where appropriate), for all submissions made before the 1st of January 2024.
A list of cOAlition S members who support publication fees in TJ’s can be found here: Implementation Roadmap of cOAlition S Organisations