OA Barometer 2024

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 2024, Forschungszentrum Jülich’s participation in the Elsevier–DEAL agreement was clearly noticeable. Jülich joined the agreement with effect from 15 November 2023, meaning that 2024 was the first full year being part of the agreement. As a result, OA transformation fees financed by ZB increased by 77 %. Conversely, hybrid publication fees financed by the institutes fell by 72 %. The overall proportion of financing borne by the institutes shrank from around 15 % to 5 %. It is also encouraging to see that closed access publication fees (illustrations in colour, covers, etc.) have halved and that expenditure on diamond OA publications has doubled.

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
Email: b.mittermaier@fz-juelich.de
Tel.: +49 02461 61-3013
Head of the Central Library