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* 2010
** Confederation of Open Access Repositories headquartered in Göttingen.<ref name="Schmidt2012">{{cite book|author1= Birgit Schmidt |author2= Iryna Kuchma |title=Implementing Open Access Mandates in Europe: OpenAIRE Study on the Development of Open Access Repository Communities in Europe|url=http://www.oapen.org/search?identifier=610312 |via={{req|Open Access Publishing in European Networks}} (OAPEN) |year=2012|publisher=Universitätsverlag Göttingen|isbn=978-3-86395-095-8}} (+ via [https://books.google.com/books?id=-NXQvDjy_RUC Google Books])</ref>
** Confederation of Open Access Repositories headquartered in Göttingen.<ref name="Schmidt2012">{{cite book|author1= Birgit Schmidt |author2= Iryna Kuchma |title=Implementing Open Access Mandates in Europe: OpenAIRE Study on the Development of Open Access Repository Communities in Europe|url=http://www.oapen.org/search?identifier=610312 |via={{req|Open Access Publishing in European Networks}} (OAPEN) |year=2012|publisher=Universitätsverlag Göttingen|isbn=978-3-86395-095-8}} (+ via [https://books.google.com/books?id=-NXQvDjy_RUC Google Books])</ref>
* 2011
** Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft begins "to support centrally funded [[Article processing charge|publication fees]] through its 'Open-Access Publishing' programme."<ref>{{cite journal |author1=N. Jahn |author2=M. Tullney |title= A study of institutional spending on open access publication fees in Germany |journal= [[PeerJ]] |doi=10.7717/peerj.2323 |year=2016 }}</ref>
* 2014
* 2014
** Transparent Infrastructure for Article Charges" project begins (approximate date).
** Transparent Infrastructure for Article Charges" project begins (approximate date).

Revision as of 15:22, 25 April 2018

Growth of open access publications in Germany, 1990-2018

Open access to scholarly communication in Germany has evolved rapidly since the early 2000s.[1] The Bielefeld Academic Search Engine launched in 2004. Publishers Beilstein-Institut, Copernicus Publications, De Gruyter, Knowledge Unlatched, Leibniz Institute for Psychology Information, ScienceOpen, Springer Nature, and Universitätsverlag Göttingen [de] belong to the international Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association.[2]

Journals

Many editorial boards of scholarly journals in Germany have decided to publish in open access form, allowing readers to access articles for free, and also to freely reuse Open access icon the information. Typically, the intention is to foster further research, to advance scholarship and the production of knowledge, and to encourage reuse of research without the obstacle of costly access. Open access journals can be found on digital platforms such as Copernicus Publications (headquartered in Göttingen), Digital Peer Publishing [de], German Medical Science [de], and Living Reviews.[1]

Repositories

Number of open access publications in various German repositories, 2018

There are a number of collections of scholarship in Germany housed in digital open access repositories.[3] They contain journal articles, book chapters, data, and other research outputs that are Free access icon free to read. As of March 2018 some 161 institutions in Germany maintain repositories, according to the UK-based Directory of Open Access Repositories.[3]

Listings of German repositories can be found in the Germany-based registries Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE) and Deutsche Initiative für Netzwerkinformation (DINI), and in international registries Directory of Open Access Repositories (OpenDOAR), Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR), and Open Archives Initiative's OAI-PMH Registered Data Providers.[4]

In 2012, German repositories with the highest number of digital assets were Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt's elib (46,136 items); ZBW – Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft's EconStor (45,268 items); German Medical Science [de] (41,753 items); Universität Bielefeld's PUB (32,695 items); and Alfred-Wegener-Institut's ePIC (29,480 items).[4] "Most of Germany's open access repositories can be found in the most heavily populated Länder: North Rhine-Westphalia (27), Baden-Württemberg (28) and Bavaria (22)."[4]

The upcoming 2019 "International Conference on Open Repositories" will be held in Hamburg.[5]

Policy

All major German research institutions have signed the 2003 Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities, including the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Deutsche Initiative für Netzwerkinformation [de], Fraunhofer Society, German Rectors' Conference, and Max Planck Society.

"The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) released its Open Access Strategy entitled "Open Access in Germany" on September 20, 2016 which contains a clear commitment to the principles of open access and open science."[1]

Conferences and outreach

Since the initial Berlin conference in 2003, follow-up "Berlin" conferences occur every year, often in Germany.[6]

"Open-Access-Tage" (Open Access Days) have occurred annually since 2007 in various German-speaking locales, including Berlin, Dresden, Göttingen, Hamburg, Köln, Konstanz, Munich, Regensburg.[7] The 2018 event will be held in Graz, Austria.

In 2007 several German institutions launched the general information website, "Open-access.net".Wd The Allianz der Wissenschaftsorganisationen [de] in 2008 initiated an effort to expand open access in order to "exhaust the potential of digital publishing."[8]

Bielefeld University Library hosts the "Transparent Infrastructure for Article Charges" project, which covers fees in publications of Germany and elsewhere. The project began around 2014.Wd

Timeline

Key events in the development of open access in Germany include the following:

  • 2003
    • Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities issued.
  • 2004
  • 2006
    • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft adopts open access policy for its grantees.[10]
  • 2007
    • Open-access.net launched.
    • "Open-Access-Tage" (Open Access Days) begin.
  • 2008
    • Allianz der Wissenschaftsorganisationen's Schwerpunktinitiative "Digitale Information" (Priority Initiative "Digital Information") begins.[11]
  • 2010
    • Confederation of Open Access Repositories headquartered in Göttingen.[12]
  • 2011
    • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft begins "to support centrally funded publication fees through its 'Open-Access Publishing' programme."[13]
  • 2014
    • Transparent Infrastructure for Article Charges" project begins (approximate date).

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "OA in Germany". Open Access in Practice: EU Member States. OpenAIRE. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Members", Oaspa.org, The Hague: Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association, retrieved 7 April 2018
  3. ^ a b "Germany". Directory of Open Access Repositories. UK: University of Nottingham. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  4. ^ a b c Paul Vierkant (2013). "2012 Census of Open Access Repositories in Germany: Turning Perceived Knowledge Into Sound Understanding". D-Lib Magazine. 19. doi:10.1045/november2013-vierkant.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  5. ^ "Openrepositories.org". Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Berlin Open Access Conference Series". Oa2020.org. Munich: Max Planck Digital Library. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  7. ^ "Open-Access-Tage". Open-access.net (in German). Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  8. ^ "Core Activities: Scientific publication system". Schwerpunktinitiative Digitale Information der Allianz der deutschen Wissenschaftsorganisationen (in English and German). Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  9. ^ Nancy Pontika (ed.). "Declarations in support of OA". Open Access Directory. US: Simmons School of Library and Information Science. OCLC 757073363. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  10. ^ Nancy Pontika (ed.). "Timeline 2006". Open Access Directory. US: Simmons School of Library and Information Science. OCLC 757073363. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  11. ^ C. Bruch; et al. (2015), Positions on creating an Open Access publication market which is scholarly adequate: Positions of the Ad Hoc Working Group Open Access Gold in the priority initiative "Digital Information" of the Alliance of Science Organisations in Germany, doi:10.2312/allianzoa.009 {{citation}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |author= (help)
  12. ^ Birgit Schmidt; Iryna Kuchma (2012). Implementing Open Access Mandates in Europe: OpenAIRE Study on the Development of Open Access Repository Communities in Europe. Universitätsverlag Göttingen. ISBN 978-3-86395-095-8 – via Template:Req (OAPEN). (+ via Google Books)
  13. ^ N. Jahn; M. Tullney (2016). "A study of institutional spending on open access publication fees in Germany". PeerJ. doi:10.7717/peerj.2323.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
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