OA Barometer 2023

Data on the transformation from subscription systems to open access

According to Forschungszentrum Jülich’s Open Access Strategy, the Central Library is responsible for overseeing the transition from subscription to open access systems and for managing expenditure on subscription journals so as to ensure that sufficient funds are available for gold open access article processing charges (APCs).
Internet – Open Access Strategy of Forschungszentrum Jülich

In 2023, Forschungszentrum Jülich’s participation in the Elsevier–DEAL agreement was clearly noticeable. Jülich joined the agreement with effect from 15 November 2023. The advance payments made have therefore already led to a disproportionate increase in costs in 2023 compared to 2022. The very high expenditure per publication for the American Institute of Physics is due to unscheduled additional payments. In the case of IEEE, very low publication figures led to high costs per publication. Expenditure to support the diamond open access model (open access publishing without article processing charges (APCs)) has so far accounted for a small proportion of the overall portfolio, although it has increased visibly compared to the previous year.

In 2022, the Central Library (ZB) began adding details on the information budget to the Open Access Barometer. In addition to expenditure on journals and journal publications, as shown in the Open Access Barometer, the information budget includes other types of expenditure and ZB sources of financing.
Internet (ZB) – Open Science – Information Budget

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Dr. Bernhard Mittermaier
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Head of the Central Library