Lok Sabha Question No. 3104 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-19
Subject: One DAE One Subscription (ODOS)
Ministry: ATOMIC ENERGY
Asked by: Shri Dushyant Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-3104 ANSWERED ON 19/03/2025

## ONE DAE ONE SUBSCRIPTION (ODOS)

## 3104.SSHRI DUSHYANT SINGH

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:-

- (a) The core features and objectives of the One DAE One Subscription (ODOS) initiative; and
- (b) the specific content available and the manner in which the agreements made under ODOS benefit researchers, institutions and students in India?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES & PENSIONS AND PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

- (a) Following are the core features and objectives of ODOS initiative:
1. To expand the contents coverage and its usage: Before this initiative, individual DAE units  were  subscribing  to  online  journals  for  their  scientists  and  researchers  on  an annual  basis  only.  In  case  of  a  need  for  any  other  journal  article(s)  than  those subscribed, libraries had to communicate with other libraries within and outside DAE units to obtain the desired articles. Under  ODOS,  DAE  has  entered  into  a Transformative  Agreement  (TA)  with  M/s  Wiley  Inter  Science  and  M/s.  Springer Nature publishers. As a result, all the DAE units will get access to all those journals which they were not subscribing to thereby increasing the contents coverage and its usage.
2. To increase the number of beneficiaries: Before ODOS initiative, the online journal access was available only to 14 units of DAE but under ODOS initiative the access has been provided to all the 60 units of DAE.
3. To support the Article Processing Charges (APC): Under ODOS the DAE scientists and the researchers would be able to publish their articles without paying any APC.

(b) The  access  for  the  complete  platform  of  these  publishers  is  available  to  all  the researchers and the scientists working in the various units of DAE. Earlier, 166 unique journal titles of M/s. Wiley were given access to only 12 units of DAE. With ODOS, this access has now increased to 1353 journals and the access is made available to all the 60 units of DAE. Similarly, for M/s. Springer Nature Publisher, about 1752 titles were made available to 14 units of DAE earlier but under ODOS initiative, the access has been increased to 2686 journal titles.

In  addition,  archives  access  from  the  year  1997  for  M/s.  Wiley  and  M/s.  Springer publishers will also be available. In case of Nature publisher, access is available from 2012 onwards. The perpetual rights will be given to all DAE units for all the journals for 2024.

The  additional  benefits  associated  includes  the  Article  Processing  charge  (APC). Researchers while playing the dual role of author, to enhance the visibility of their research work and to make availability of their findings for their peers, many times they wish to opt for the Open Access (OA) model of publishing. The ODOS initiative allows all DAE researchers to  publish  articles  with  M/s  Wiley  (81  articles)  and  M/s  Springer  (281  articles)  with  no additional APC.

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