OA Barometer 2020

Data on the transformation from subscription systems to open access

Why is the Central Library publishing an Open Access Barometer?

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

ZB documents its course of action in the Open Access Barometer. The total expenditure, number of Jülich publications, average expenditure per corresponding author publication for each publisher, and the distribution of types of cost per publishing house are documented for the 13 most important publishers (ranked according to turnover and number of publications). In a time series starting in 2016, the relative development of types of cost is also shown.

Following the significant decrease in subscription expenses in 2019 due to the cancelled Elsevier subscription, subscription expenses have continued to decline in 2020. The reason for this is that the DEAL contracts with Wiley and SpringerNature – with the exception of the Nature contract – now count as transformation spending. Overall, the extent of the transition to open access at Forschungszentrum Jülich has been impressive: While expenditure for OA publications was still below 15 % in 2016, it has now reached 60 %.

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Should you require copies of the graphs in higher quality, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Your contact at ZB

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