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Intro SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DEAL-WILEY AGREEMENT FOR OPEN ACCESS Significance and opportunities of the DEAL-Wiley agreement for the open access transformation. Source: Jobmann, A. (2019). Meaning and opportunities of the DEAL-Wiley contract for the open access transformation. OA2020-de.org. Available at: https://oa2020.ub.uni-bielefeld.de/en/blog/2019/03/18/meaning_opportunities_wileydeal_openaccesstransformation/ Key Takeaways from This Article 1 Open access transformation means the most comprehensive possible transformation of the scholarly publishing system to open access. 2 Numerous measures and actors are contributing to this transformation. 3 The transformation is fuelled by its implementation in practice with clear objectives. Open Access Transformation Open access transformation means the most comprehensive possible transformation of the scholarly publishing system to open access. This implies moving away from the traditional subscription and acquisitions model whereby libraries pay for access to scholarly works. Although current efforts are focused on scholarly journals, a complete transformation of the scholarly publishing system to open access presupposes the inclusion of all publication types. Moreover, all regions of the world must also be included At EU level and in Germany, respectively, the open access transformation has for some time been an established policy goal of the European Commission, the Federal Government – and also of state governments (see Policy Frameworks ), scientific organisations, and research funding organisations (see Research Funders and Open Access ). The development is dynamic and is shaped by numerous approaches and actors. However, criticism has been voiced from various perspectives. Some publishers and professional associations, for example, have pushed for deceleration or exceptions. Other stakeholders have drawn attention to possibly unintended consequences of the transformative approaches. These include a further strengthening of the position of major publishers, possible lock-in effects, or a further increase in article processing charges ( APCs ), which are already too high. Scholar-led initiatives have expressed the wish that publication infrastructures be placed in the hands of the scientific institutions themselves. In addition to the desire for open access to scientific research, they take a critical view of the scholarly publishing system and have put alternative standards for research evaluation on the agenda. Video on the Status of Open Access in 2023 Source: Philipp Zumstein. (2023, September 29). Der Weg ist nicht das Ziel: Über Ideale und Irrwege bei der Open-Access-Transformation. Open-Access-Tage 2023 (OAT23), Berlin. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8388502 oa.helpdesk If you have any specific questions about open access, you can ask them here. Instruments for the Transformation The basis of many transformative approaches is the reallocation of acquisitions funds. The underlying idea is that no additional funds are needed, but rather the current (global) funds can be used for open access publications. To be able to implement this, publishers must be encouraged to convert their publications to open access models . By converting existing publications to open access, publishers can take the acquired reputation and experiences with them. Transformative Agreements Transformative agreements , where some of the content of subscription journals is published open access and the expectation is that this proportion will gradually increase to 100%, are currently the instrument that is attracting the most attention and has had the greatest open access effects. However, it is not always clear whether such a transformation will be achieved in a binding way (see, e.g., Mittermaier, 2021, 2025; Rothfritz et al., 2024). The German initiative Projekt DEAL (now Konsortium DEAL; see below) is a key player in the field of transformative agreements. The hope is that with these transformative agreements a critical threshold will be exceeded, above which the publishers will convert their entire portfolios to open access. Transformative Journals In addition, individual journals can be established as transformative journals with the clear goal of steadily increasing the share of open access content (see Plan S ). Journal Flipping For individual journals, the complete and immediate conversion to open access – so-called journal flipping – is the quickest transformation option. Depending on the position the publisher takes, and on who owns the title rights, the flipped journal can continue under the same name, or the editors can be withdrawn, and the journal can start anew at a different location. Starting Open Access Publications from Scratch Starting open access publications from scratch means that new journals, book series, or conference proceedings are planned as open access products from the very beginning. These instruments are driven by various actors and supported by them over and above providing extensive publication funding: Research Performing Organisations Research performing organisations support this process by operating publishing services, university presses, journal platforms, etc. These offerings are non-commercial and may even be subsidised if the organisation covers the operating costs, thereby reducing cost pressure and increasing scientific control. Research Funding Organisations On the one hand, research funders provide financial support with publication charges for open access articles and monographs. On the other hand, through their open access mandates (or – weaker – expectations), they support authors’ decisions to publish their works open access. Furthermore, several programmes are funding projects dedicated to creating infrastructure for the open access transformation. Libraries Libraries negotiate all kinds of open access agreements, carry out publication and cost monitoring, and develop new open access models. They are increasingly using acquisitions funds for open access (see German Library Statistics and the Open Access Monitor ). Procedures are put in place to monitor the transformation to open access in accordance with institutional and statutory provisions and the compliance with open access policies . Libraries and Commercial Actors Libraries and commercial actors operate consortia or jointly fund open access publications. Open Access Repositories Open access repositories serve as venues for the self-archiving of contributions in parallel with publication (see green open access ), thereby enabling authors to meet research funders’ requirements with regard to open access (see also Plan S and the Rights Retention Strategy ). As is the case in almost all other aspects of the open access debate, scholarly journals are also dominant in the transformation context. In principle, all instruments are also applicable to books and book series as well as other types of publications, such as conference proceedings. However, in individual cases, new complexities arise. Thus, all actors are called upon to include all publication types in their open access transformation measures. Although various transformation approaches can be applied in parallel, they occasionally also collide. This happens especially in the case of scarce resources or strategic orientations. Whereas transformative agreements focus more on large bundles or entities (large journal packages, large publishers), approaches such as journal flipping tend to emphasize aspects such as scientific control or a complete and immediate transformation to open access. One challenge faced by all approaches is the constant search for sustainable funding opportunities that follow on from and further develop the existing acquisitions structures (see Schenke et al., 2025 ). Research Funders and Open Access You can find an introduction here. What are Repositories? You can find an introduction here. Consequences of the Transformation The main consequence of the open access transformation is the growing share of freely available and possibly reusable scholarly literature (see Arguments and Reservations ). Within research performing organisations, the open access transformation is changing work steps and responsibilities, and there may be a need to redistribute financial resources. The background for this is that the costs of scholarly publishing are increasingly distributed based on publication output rather than purely on the size of the research performing organisations. New tasks are arising, especially for scholarly libraries. Here, acquisitions funds must be reallocated, the development of the publication figures must be monitored, and financial support must be made available for publication costs and consortial funding models. In addition, transformative agreements must be managed, and some tasks must be redistributed among publishers, libraries, and authors. Depending on the organisation, the libraries are responsible for advising researchers on open access publishing. Thus, open access has developed from a special topic to a core task of libraries. Key Actors Science Organisations In recent years, the Digital Information initiative of the Alliance of Science Organisations (Alliance Initiative for short) has published several position papers on the open access transformation (especially Bruch et al., 2016). The key demands are the anchoring of open access in the libraries, in licensing practice , and in the acquisitions budgets; the gradual reallocation of acquisitions funds; the disclosure of journal subscription costs and open access publication charges and figures; and the development of scalable processes in the libraries. In 2024, the Alliance Initiative published a study on the mapping and description of open access services in Germany ( Biela et al., 2024 ) that reflects the status quo of publicly funded scholarly open access services and infrastructures in Germany The German Research Foundation (DFG) is a key science policy actor in the open access transformation. It supports the development and operation of open access publication funds and infrastructures with several funding programmes and thus significantly influences developments in these areas. In its positions on research policy , the DFG supports key initiatives such as the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities, OA2020, the Action Plan for Diamond Open Access , the EU Council Conclusions on Scholarly Publishing 2023, and the International Science Council (ISC). It also cooperates with other national and international open access initiatives. Although it supports the efforts of cOAlition S , the DFG does not mandate open access publishing. In two position papers ( DFG, 2018 ; DFG, 2022 ), it has taken a stance on current challenges in academic publishing In 2022, the German Science and Humanities Council (Wissenschaftsrat) published comprehensive “ Recommendations on the Transformation of Academic Publishing: Towards Open Access ” in which it declared that the goal of the transformation was for gold open access to become standard practice for the publication of scientific results. To monitor publication costs and strategically plan the funding of academic publishing in the long term, the Council recommended that scientific institutions establish information budgets . DEAL Konsortium Projekt DEAL, now known as the DEAL Konsortium, was initiated by the Alliance of German Science Organisations under the leadership of the German Rectors’ Conference with the aim of concluding uniform national licence agreements for all (digital) journals of major commercial academic publishers. The agreements that the DEAL Konsortium concludes on behalf of over 900 eligible institutions have an open access component : Authors affiliated with participating institutions can publish their works open access in the publishers’ subscription-based journals with an open access option (so-called hybrid journals ) at no cost to themselves (hence the high proportion of open access publications among the research articles from German institutions). In addition, participating institutions have access to the publisher’s entire journal portfolio. The publication fees are invoiced centrally to the publishers’ contractual partner, DEAL Open Access Services (DEAS) gGmbH , which in turn invoices the participating institutions. To date, DEAL agreements have been concluded with three publishers: Wiley , Springer Nature , and Elsevier . Forum 13+ Working Group Forum 13+ was established as an independent working group of experts from German library consortia to coordinate the negotiation of transformative agreements between scientific institutions and small and medium publishers or professional associations – beyond the realm of the major scholarly publishers with whom DEAL transformative agreements have been concluded. In this capacity, the working group has published a guide to the assessment of open access transformative agreements and publishers’ offerings (“ Bewertung von Open-Access-Transformationsverträgen und Verlagsangeboten ”). Plan S/cOAlition S Plan S is an initiative of an international consortium of research performing and research funding organisations ( cOAlition S ). Since 2021, cOAlitionS has been calling for scholarly publications from publicly funded research to be published in recognized open access journals or on open access platforms or to be made immediately available through open access repositories without an embargo. Joint implementation guidelines are implemented in the funding guidelines of the participating research funders. One key element is a fundamental rejection of hybrid open access, except as part of discernible transformative arrangements. cOAlitionS attaches great importance to cost transparency on the part of publishers. Thus, it reflects the general trend that research funders currently have the most effective and simplest instruments: by linking awards of third-party funding to open access obligations, they can intervene decisively. However, German research funding organisations are not officially members of cOAlitionS. Open Access Consortia SCOAP³ – Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics is an international consortium under the leadership of CERN that is dedicated to the promotion of open access in high-energy physics (HEP). It is a globally unique initiative that has converted several key journals in the field of HEP completely to open access without authors having to pay the article processing charges ( APCs ) themselves. Libraries and organisations from all other the world contribute financially to the project. The level of contributions is based on the publication output of the respective scientific institutions. As a consortial model, KOALA enables sustainable funding for diamond open access . Scientific institutions – especially libraries and research performing organisations – jointly fund journals, which can then switch to a diamond open access model: Thematically focused journal bundles are offered to scientific insitutions for community funding. As soon as the funding target has been reached, the journal is funded for 3 years and is made completely freely accessible. Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology University Library ( TIB ) in Hanover acts as a central service provider and coordinates the KOALA model as part of its regular operations. Scientific Communities and Professional Associations Professional associations are self-organizing bodies that also set professional standards. Some of them have signed the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities, discussed the topic of open access internally (see Bärwollf et al., 2023 ), or taken a science policy stance on the open access transformation – as, for example, the German Physical Society (DPG) did in a position paper ( DPG, 2021 ) in which it expressed criticism of certain developments in the area of open access. Authors Besides institutional actors, the researchers themselves have a key role to play in shaping the open access transformation. By choosing an open access publication organ and model , using their secondary publication right , and making their publications available under an open content licence , they can make a decisive contribution to the free accessibility of their research results. Moreover, researchers can set up an open access journal themselves , convert an existing journal to open access ( journal flipping ), or get involved in scholar-led diamond open access initiatives. Open Access Transformation in Practice What the many different approaches to the open access transformation have in common is the aim that in future the largest possible share of scholarly publications will be freely available. To be able to assess the measures and develop them further, they should be as transparent as possible. This includes the provision of information on possible intermediate steps on the path to complete transformation to open access (especially in the case of transformative agreements), the anchoring of irreversible steps to increase the share of open access publications, and transparency regarding the underlying publication figures ( information budget ). Cost-cutting mechanisms should be incorporated to prevent a further increase in article processing charges ( APCs ). The creation of a network of actors should be aimed for, without fundamentally limiting the diversity of the options. However, new initiatives would be well advised to obtain advice and support. The project open-access.network offers opportunities for networking and individual advice . Because the open access transformation is clearly anchored as a public policy goal and as an intention on the part of research funding and research performing organisations, all actors in the scientific landscape are called upon to take appropriate action in their respective fields of activity. Many aspects must be considered when converting a journal to open access – from academic freedom, through scientific control, sustainable and fair funding, and additional tasks in institutions, to calls for the redistribution of financial resources across institutions. However, the immediate criterion remains: Will the most comprehensive possible transformation to open access succeed? References Bärwolff, T., Benz, M., Dreyer, M., Neufend, M., Kindling, M., Kirchner, A., & Schmidt, B. (2023). Open4DE landscape report. Open Research Office Berlin. https://doi.org/10.21428/986c5d43.bab38f02 Biela, J., Stalla, M., Hohmann, L., & Holzer, A. C. (2024). Kartierung und Beschreibung der Open-Access-Dienste in Deutschland. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11121906 . Bruch, C., Geschuhn, K., Hanig, K., Hillenkötter, K., Pampel, H., Schäffler, H., Scheiner, A., Scholze, F., Stanek, U., Timm, A., & Tullney, M. (2016). Empfehlungen zur Open-Access- Transformation. Strategische und praktische Verankerung von Open Access in der Informationsversorgung wissenschaftlicher Einrichtungen. Empfehlungen der Ad-hoc-AG Open-Access-Gold im Rahmen der Schwerpunktinitiative „Digitale Information“ der Allianz der deutschen Wissenschaftsorganisationen. https://doi.org/10.3249/allianzoa.011 German Physical Society (DPG) (2021). DPG position paper on the future of scientific publishing. https://www.dpg-physik.de/veroeffentlichungen/publikationen/stellungnahmen-der-dpg/wissenschaftssystem/pdf/dpg-positionspapier_publikationswesen_en_final.pdf German Research Foundation (DFG). (2018). Förderung von Informationsinfrastrukturen für die Wissenschaft [Funding information infrastructures for research]. https://www.dfg.de/resource/blob/173200/positionspapier-informationsinfrastrukturen.pdf German Research Foundation (DFG) | Working Group on Publications. (2022). Academic publishing as a foundation and area of leverage for research assessment – Challenges and fields of action. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6538163 Mittermaier, B. (2021). Transformationsverträge – Stairway to Heaven oder Highway to Hell? Zeitschrift für Bibliothekskultur / Journal for Library Culture, 8(2). https://doi.org/10.21428/1bfadeb6.d80f0652 Mittermaier, B. (2025). Transformationsverträge sind eine Sackgasse: In Erinnerung an Irene Barbers (1966–2025). O-Bib. Das Offene Bibliotheksjournal Herausgeber VDB, 12(1), 1–22. https://doi.org/10.5282/o-bib/6117 Rothfritz, L., Herb, U., & Schmal, W. B. (2024) Trapped in transformative agreements? A multifaceted analysis of > 1,000 contracts. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2409.20224 Schenke, J., Stork, K. S., & Tullney, M. (2025). Das Diamond-Open-Access-Modell KOALA aus erwerbungsbibliothekarischer Sicht: Ein Auswertungsbericht. O-Bib. Das Offene Bibliotheksjournal , 12(2), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.5282/o-bib/6162 Further Reading Arning, U., Bargheer, M., Meinecke, I., Schobert, D., & Tobias, R. (2022). Open-Access-Transformation für Bücher: Die Rolle von institutionellen Verlagen und Publikationsdiensten. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6346234 ESAC Initiative (2024, 11 August). Guidelines for transformative agreements. https://esac-initiative.org/about/transformative-agreements/guidelines-for-transformative-agreements , German Science and Humanities Council (WR). 2022. Recommendations on the transformation of academic publishing: Towards open access. https://www.wissenschaftsrat.de/download/2022/9477-22_en Hacker, A., & Tullney, M. (2020). “Stell Dir vor, es ist 2020 und Open Access läuft immer noch nicht.“. https://doi.org/10.5446/49691 Knoche, M. (2021). Raus aus den DEAL-Verträgen! Sieben Gründe für den Ausstieg. Aus Der Forschungsbibliothek Krekelborn . https://biblio.hypotheses.org/2598 Oberländer, A., & Tullney, M. (2021). Gemeinschaftliche Open-Access-Finanzierung als Aufgabe für Bibliotheken. https://doi.org/10.5446/52895 Pampel, H. (2021). Strategische und operative Handlungsoptionen für wissenschaftliche Einrichtungen zur Gestaltung der Open-Access-Transformation. Philosophische Fakultät der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. https://doi.org/10.18452/22946 Rösch, H., Geschuhn, K., Barbers, I., Bove, K., Pohlmann, T., & Satzinger, L. (2022). Open Access ermöglichen: Open Access-Transformation und Erwerbung in wissenschaftlichen Bibliotheken – ein praktischer Leitfaden. doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6090208 Schimmer, R., & Geschuhn, K. (2017). 3c. Open-Access-Transformation: Die Ablösung des Subskriptionswesens durch Open-Access-Geschäftsmodelle. In K. Söllner & B. Mittermaier (Eds.), Praxishandbuch Open Access (pp. 173–180). https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110494068-020 Schön, M., & Mittermaier, B. (2025). Empfehlungen zur Gestaltung des institutionellen Publikationskostenmonitorings. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14748772 Šimukovič, E. (2024). Transformative agreements are a blind alley. Katina Magazine. https://doi.org/10.1146/katina-20241008-1 Taubert, N., Sterzik, L., & Bruns, A. (2024). Mapping the German Diamond Open Access journal landscape. Minerva, 62(2), 193–227. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11024-023-09519-7 Ziegler, G.M., & Dirnagl, U. (2024). Warum die „Deal“-Verträge (k)ein Gewinn für die Wissenschaft sind. https://www.forschung-und-lehre.de/politik/warum-die-deal-vertraege-kein-gewinn-fuer-die-wissenschaft-sind-6595...

Open Access Transforming journals

Intro Converting Journals to Open Access Quelle: Brinken, H., Hauss, J. & Rücknagel, J. (2022). Ab jetzt Open Access. open-access.network. https://doi.org/10.5446/59191 ( CC BY 3.0 DE ) The key takeaways from this article are: 1 The conversion of subscription-based journals to open access (“journal flipping”) has many advantages, inter alia increased visibility and findability. 2 Before conversion, the parameters must be clarified and the requirements analysed. 3 There are various funding models for open access journals. Journal Flipping Dreher (2021) conducted a qualitative survey of editors of humanities journals that had converted to open access. One interviewee noted that visibility had increased strongly both for readers and potential authors, and that submissions were much more numerous than before conversion (p. 13). Advantages such as these mean that more and more journals are successfully converting to an open access model (Open Access Directory, 2021). The process of converting traditional subscription-based journals to open access is also known as “journal flipping”. When converting a scholarly journal to open access, various parameters – for example the journal concept, policy and technical realisation – must be rethought (Solomon et al., 2016). Editorial workflows often have to be changed, too, especially if the journal is leaving its current publisher. In any case, converting to open access requires careful preparation and planning. Several studies have reported that flipping a journal generally takes at least a year (Dreher, 2021; Solomon et al., 2016). To outline this process in more detail, the present article addresses important points that should be considered when converting a journal to open access. Basic recommendations for action have been drawn from Edig and Rücknagel (2022). There are several reasons to consider flipping a journal to open access. Besides personal affinities to the idea of open access, there is an increasing demand on the part of scientists for open access publishing options (Open Access Monitor, 2022), and there are political demands on the part of research funders such as Horizon Europe and Plan S . Studies on flipped journals show that they have higher visitor numbers (Wenaas, 2021), that their acceptance and impact remain the same (Mallett et al., 2021), and that their publication output increases (Momeni et al., 2021). OA Talk Journal Flipping Find an introduction here How does one start the flipping process? Click here to go directly to the section How does one communicate the conversion of the journal to open access? Click here to go directly to the section What funding models are there for open access journals? Click here to go directly to the section Do some existing processes have to be revised? Click here to go directly to the section What licence is suitable? Click here to go directly to the section What must the journal policy state? Click here to go directly to the section What will happen to back issues? Click here to go directly to the section There are several reasons to consider flipping a journal to open access. Besides personal affinities to the idea of open access, there is an increasing demand on the part of scientists for open access publishing options (Open Access Monitor, 2022), and there are political demands on the part of research funders such as Horizon Europe and Plan S . Studies on flipped journals show that they have higher visitor numbers (Wenaas, 2021), that their acceptance and impact remain the same (Mallett et al., 2021), and that their publication output increases (Momeni et al., 2021). Paths to the Golden Road: Models of Open Access Transformation for Journals Find more information about the Open-Access-Transformation models. Parameter If you are considering converting a journal to open access, you should first clarify the parameters (Edig & Rücknagel, 2022). There are two ways to achieve conversion. The first is journal flipping, where an existing journal is converted to an open access model and keeps its name and all its metrics. The second way is to found a new journal. In this case, the persons involved in an existing subscription journal (primarily the editorial board) move to a new journal. A well-known example of the latter approach is the journal Glossa (Gutknecht, 2015). To find out more about the things that must be considered when launching a new journal, and the challenges that this involves, see our Publishing Open Access Journals page. Whether you can convert a journal to open access depends on the approval of all those involved in the publishing process. If you cooperate with an external publishing partner, you will have to present the idea to them. If the publisher is not interested in converting to an open access model, you can – depending on your publishing agreement – undertake the conversion alone or with the help of a new partner. The following questions can guide you in the process: Who has the rights to the journal? Who receives revenue from the journal, and what activities are currently funded from the revenue? Do the members of the editorial board support flipping the journal, or are there enough supporters to create a new journal? How familiar is the respective scientific community with open access? When concluding a publishing agreement, many large publishers require organisations to transfer the rights in the journal to them. This also includes the rights to the journal name. Also in the case of journals that were founded by a publisher, the publisher usually reserves all rights. If you are in this situation, and the publisher is not willing to convert the journal to open access, the foundation of a new journal is probably the only conversion option. Determine the Status Quo Before you start the process of flipping a journal, you should first check the status quo. Here, it is matter of determining, for example, who holds the rights to the journal name. To find this out, it is worthwhile taking a look at contractual documents or the journal website. In addition, you should familiarise yourself with the process of flipping and, for example, read first-hand reports of the experiences of editors of flipped or newly created journals. These reports are also a source of information about possible conversion strategies, which will make it easier for you to decide on a strategy of your own. In any case, you should draw up as precise a timetable as possible for the individual steps. Moreover, you should calculate all costs exactly. When doing so, you should also take into account the “hidden” costs for technical resources and the working time spent on organising. Ab jetzt Open Access - Combinatorial Theory Quelle: Beck, M. & Strauß, H. (2022). Ab jetzt Open Access - Combinatorial Theory. open-access.network https://doi.org/10.5446/59877 ( CC BY 3.0 DE ) One of the editors of flipped humanities journals interviewed by Dreher (2021) noted: You have to make your priorities clear to yourself beforehand. We were a small journal that wanted to be published beautifully on a beautiful platform and to have broad accessibility. How much effort do you want to put into publications? If you want to have less effort, then you can go the university [press] with OJS [Open Journals Systems] or to the repository, but if you want beautiful journals, it’s worth the effort. You’ve got to realise that you will have to say goodbye to some things, in our case, for example, print. Dreher, 2021, p. 11 ; our translation from the German Set Goals Set yourself clear goals from the very beginning: What are your aspirations? What does an ideal price/performance ratio look like? Should the conversion take place with a publisher or independently? It is also useful to carry out a requirements analysis. In this way, you can determine which processes, tools and solutions are good and indispensable in the case of the current journal, and which can be optimised in the course of the conversion. It is best to obtain several offers in order to determine which provider best suits your wishes. You should also clarify whether a conversion to open access is feasible and desirable at your current publishing venue (e.g. publisher). If a publisher is open to flipping, it is worthwhile examining the conditions against the background of your requirements analysis. If you aim to switch publisher, or to publish independently, you should ensure that all requirements can be met. If you plan to operate the journal yourself, it is advisable to be very aware of your own resources, and to get support from service facilities when it comes to assessing your capacities. In addition, you should consider the following: The same ISSN can be used only if the title remains the same. Identifiers (ISSN, DOI) must be “re-registered” if responsibilities or the publisher changes. It must be ensured that the delivery of metadata to indexing services etc. will continue without interruption. What will happen to submissions that are currently being processed? Communication One aspect of the flipping process that should not be underestimated is communication with all stakeholders. These comprise both internal participants, such as members of the editorial board, the publisher’s staff, and reviewers, as well as external stakeholders, such as subscribers, authors and the respective scientific community. After the idea of flipping the journal emerges, internal persuasive efforts are called for. Following Dreher (2021), direct personal communication is a promising way of dispelling reservations. You should also prepare for possible negotiations with the current publisher. The support of universities and other advisory services with open access experience can be enlisted in this regard. Transparency throughout the entire process, and communication of the rationale are key to the acceptance and success of the conversion (Dreher, 2021). Furthermore, it is advisable to develop a marketing strategy for the first year of the conversion. It can be helpful to conduct a survey of authors, readers and other stakeholders about their opinions regarding the conversion. In this way, you can not only identify and address possible reservations, but possibly also identify weaknesses in your planning. Even after the conversion process is completed, a good communication strategy is a worthwhile way of enhancing the reach and the standing of your publications and gaining more readers and submissions. From now on Open Access - Glossa: a journal of general linguistics. Quelle: Rooryck, J. & Brinken, H. (2022). From now on Open Access - Glossa: a journal of general linguistics. open-access.network, Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB). doi.org/10.5446/59193 SPARC Europe provides a New Business Plan Toolkit for OA Journals to support them in developing a business plan. Find the New Business Plan Toolkit for OA Journals here. Business models for Journals Funding Models Above all, journal flipping requires switching to a new business model. There are various models for funding open access journals. Detailed information on these models can be found on our Business Models for Journals web page. Examples include: Institutional funding Consortial funding Subscribe to Open Donations or third-party funding APC-based model When choosing a funding model, all costs must be recorded, and a small buffer planned for. You should way up the pros and cons of the various models. For example, article processing charges (APCs) may be difficult for some disciplines in which authors lack financial means – and they usually give rise to additional administrative effort for authors, journals and libraries. In addition, you should estimate what impact the conversion might have on the numbers of submissions and readers, as well as on findability. In other words, you should not only know whether you have adequate financial and personnel resources for the current number of articles, but also whether you are capable of coping with a rising or decreasing number of submissions and publications. If it is a matter of reducing publishing costs, one of the easiest ways of doing so is to dispense with print issues. This can also result in an opportunity to introduce better digital publishing formats. For example, the contributions can be made available in HTML, XML or other machine-readable formats, and the continuous, immediate online publication of the articles can be established. In Dreher’s study (2021) on the conversion experiences of journal editors, several editors recommended a courageous attitude towards change. Concerns that it would be necessary to keep the journal the way it was (e.g. by retaining the print version) had proved unfounded. In the words of one interviewee: To be less anxious about what the consequences might be. It may appear to be a tough decision, and we did worry about the lay readers with the print version. But things keep on going, they develop, and everything turned out to be good. (Dreher, 2021, p. 11; our translation from the German) Ab jetzt Open Access - Fossil Record Quelle: Paß, S., Witzmann, F. & Brinken, H. (2022): Ab jetzt Open Access - Fossil Record. open-access.network https://doi.org/10.5446/59244 ( CC BY 3.0 DE ) Revise Processes Converting a journal to open access offers an opportunity to question and improve current processes. Based on the requirements analysis conducted at the start, you can examine what new solutions, providers and tools may be suitable. When doing so, you can scrutinise all aspects – from the policy of the journal, through the review and publishing processes, to the layout, the website and the metadata. Preparing and making available as extensive metadata as possible can be worthwhile not only for search-engine optimisation. It also improves the findability and indexability of the articles. The most important context information is: Title Abstract Citation Identifiers for researchers (e.g. ORCID iD), research organisations (e.g. ROR ) and research funders (e.g. funding number); identifiers for related resources (e.g. the DOI of the corresponding dataset) If you plan to apply for inclusion in other registers, you should also take account of their guidelines, as well as the metadata schemas for DOI registration, for example those of Crossref and DataCite . Licences Find more information here Choose a Licence Open access journals are journals “whose articles are available and reusable worldwide free of charge and without restrictions immediately on publication” (see our Open Access Journals page). This presupposes the granting of a corresponding licence, ideally a Creative Commons licence, in order to clearly indicate what rights will apply when using open access publications. It is recommended to use the current Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (see our Publishing Open Access Journals page; see also Redhead, 2012). Advantages of CC BY: It permits as open reuse as possible. It conforms with the principles of Plan S . Other licence variants may have possible negative consequences (e.g. CC BY-NC ). The licence details should be made transparent and should be included in the metadata of the individual articles, on the landing page, and in the document itself. Important Basics To successfully operate an open access journal, it is advisable to take some basic measures. A number of international organisations advocate for high standards in open access publishing and offer their support. Membership, for example of the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association ( OASPA ), may therefore be of advantage for your open access journal. In addition, to enhance the reach of the journal, it is helpful to apply for indexing in registers, for example the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) , even though this is a time-consuming process. Furthermore, the standards and guidelines of Plan S , OASPA and the DOAJ can provide guidance when drawing up a policy for an open access journal. Back Issues In addition, you should consider how you are going to deal with back issues of your journal. Are you allowed – and do you want – to make them available in open access (retrodigitised or with an embargo period)? If you decide in favour of doing so, and it is legally possible, you should consider contacting the authors and, if applicable, getting legal assistance. If you are changing publishing venue, you should determine whether and how already published content can migrate with you. There will always be articles that are still going through the publication process at the time of flipping. Open communication with the affected authors – also regarding licensing terms and conditions – is essential. Moreover, when migrating, it must be ensured that the documents and metadata can be seamlessly transferred to the new system. It is also conceivable to have a hybrid form of publishing for a certain period of time, rather than transitioning to an immediate separation between closed and open access. This short-term hybrid form should be taken into account in the financing plan, and all participants should be transparently informed about it. If you wish to avoid a hybrid form, this must be planned for in good time in the publishing process. Conclusion It is important to note that the concrete implementation of the conversion of a subscription-based journal to open access depends very much on the individual case and the prevailing circumstances. It is therefore advisable in any case to seek the support of experts. The scholars and librarians who have joined forces in the Fair Open Access Alliance (FOAA) support inter alia editors who are interested in converting their journals to open access. The advice offered by the open access officers at scholarly libraries should also be availed of. If you are intimidated by the number of questions that have to be clarified, you should bear in mind that you are not alone in the process of conversion, and that you can avail of external support. Well- planned journal flipping is worthwhile, and it leads to success. This is evidenced by examples such as Quantitative Science Studies , a journal that was successfully flipped in 2019 (Tullney, 2019). Further examples of successfully flipped journals are listed in the Open Access Directory (2021). Quelle:Pandita, R., & Singh, S. (2022). A study of distribution and growth of open access research journals across the world. Publishing Research Quarterly, 38(1), 131-149. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12109-022-09860-x, Table 1. References Bautista-Puig, N., Lopez-Illescas, C., de Moya-Anegon, F., Guerrero-Bote, V., & Moed, H. F. (2020). Do journals flipping to gold open access show an OA citation or publication advantage? Scientometrics, 124 (3), 2551–2575. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-020-03546-x . Dreher, L. (2021). Open-Access-Transformationserfahrungen von Zeitschriftenherausgeber*innen. o-bib - das offene Bibliotheksjournal , 8(4), 1–19. https://doi.org/10.5282/o-bib/5756 Edig, X. van, & Rücknagel, J. (2022). Von closed zu open - wie Sie Ihr Journal zu Open Access flippen. Zenodo . https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6412164 Gutknecht, C. (2015). Massenrücktritt des Editorial Board beim Elsevier Journal Lingua. wisspub.net. https://wisspub.net/2015/11/04/massenruecktritt-des-editorial-board-beim-elsevier-journal-lingua/ Mallett, J. J., Chin, D. L., Rush, I. M., & Smith, J. R. (2021). The transition of ARVO journals to open access. Learned Publishing , 34 (2), 262–271. https://doi.org/10.1002/leap.1338 Momeni, F., Mayr, P., Fraser, N., & Peters, I. (2021). What happens when a journal converts to open access? A bibliometric analysis. Scientometrics, 126 (12), 9811–9827 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-021-03972-5 Open Access Directory (2021). Journals that converted from TA to OA. http://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/Journals_that_converted_from_TA_to_OA Open Access Monitor (2022). Verteilung der Zeitschriftenartikel in Deutschland. https://open-access-monitor.de/#/open-access Redhead, C. (2012). Why CC-BY? Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association . http://oaspa.org/why-cc-by/ Solomon, D., Laakso, M., & Björk, B.-C. (2016). Converting scholarly journals to open access: A review of approaches and experiences . http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:27803834 Tullney, M. (2019). Erfolgreiches Journal Flipping: TIB unterstützt neue Zeitschrift Quantitative Science Studies. TIB Blog . https://blogs.tib.eu/wp/tib/2019/01/14/unterstuetzung-journal-flipping-qss/ Wenaas, L. (2021). Attracting new users or business as usual? A case study of converting academic subscription-based journals to open access. Quantitative Science Studies , 2 (2), 474–495. https://doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00126 Further reading Hopf, D., Dellmann, S., Hauschke, C., & Tullney, M. (2022). Wirkungen von Open Access. Literaturstudie über empirische Arbeiten 2010-2021 . https://doi.org/10.34657/7666 Matthias, L., Jahn, N., & Laakso, M. (2019). The two-way street of open access journal publishing: Flip it and reverse it. Publications , 7 (2), 23. https://doi.org/10.3390/publications7020023 Scholastica (2021). How to start or flip fully open access journals: Academy-owned publisher guide. Scholastica Blog. https://blog.scholasticahq.com/post/how-to-start-flip-open-access-academic-journal...

Open Access Workshops

Das Helmholtz Open Science Office und das Open-Access-Büro Berlin führen im Rahmen des BMBF-geförderten Projekts open-access.network gemeinsam mit unterschiedlichen Partnern Workshops zu speziellen Fragen rund um das Thema Open Access durch. Die angebotenen Workshops sind inhaltlich auf die Bedarfe und Informationsdefizite der Open-Access-Community ausgerichtet. Sie adressieren urheberrechtliche Fragestellungen, Besonderheiten des Publizierens von Open-Access-Monografien, disziplinspezifische Open-Access-Optionen und -Entwicklungen sowie spezifische Herausforderungen der Open-Access-Transformation. Unsere thematischen Workshops: 1 2 3 4 5 Next 2026 Aug 12 OA-Basics und -Publikationsangebote auf peDOCS und im Fachportal Pädagogik. Einführung in Open Access-Grundlagen und Vorstellung der Angebote für die Erziehungswissenschaft, Bildungsforschung und Fachdidaktik im Fachportal Pädagogik 12. August 2026 OA-Basics und -Publikationsangebote auf peDOCS und im Fachportal Pädagogik. Einführung in Open Access-Grundlagen und Vorstellung der Angebote für die Erziehungswissenschaft, Bildungsforschung und Fachdidaktik im Fachportal Pädagogik 2025 June 12 Open-Access-Workshop für Politikwissenschaftler*innen- Sichtbar, offen, wissenschaftsnah: Die eigene Publikationsstrategie entwickeln 12. June 2025 Open Access ist mittlerweile ein in der Politikwissenschaft bekanntes und verbreitetes Publikationsmodell, das Autor*innen eine bessere Sichtbarkeit [...] 2022 Nov 30 Library Publishing - Austausch und erste Schritte, um den eigenen Universitätsverlag aufzubauen 30. November 2022 2022 Nov 21 Online-Workshop "Im Bilde: Open Access publizieren" 21. November 2022 2022 Nov 02 Open Access and share your knowledge! Publishing in African Studies 2. November 2022 2022 Oct 11 Nur ein Forschungsthema? Open Access in der Buch-, Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaft 11. October 2022 1 2 3 4 5 Next Weitere Veranstaltungen rund um Open Access und Open Science gibt es im Veranstaltungskalender Workshopreihe Einführung in Open Access und das Urheberrecht Workshopreihe Budgetentwicklung im Kontext der Open-Access-Transformation...

Open Access digital focus groups

Which Open Access topics would you like to discuss with other experts? Digitale Fokusgruppen bieten eine niedrigschwellige Möglichkeit, aktuelle Entwicklungen und Herausforderungen im Bereich Open Access zu erörtern und sich intensiv zu spezifischen Teilaspekten der Open-Access-Transformation auszutauschen. Um die Vernetzung der Open-Access-Community und den gegenseitigen Austausch zu fördern, werden im Projekt open-access.network mindestens zehn digitale Fokusgruppen aufgebaut. Die Fokusgruppen sollen: sich aktuellen Fragestellungen widmen einen geschützten Ort des intensiven Austausches bieten zeit- und ortsunabhängig zusammenarbeiten sich ergänzend in regelmäßigen Videokonferenzen treffen für weitere Interessierte offen stehen. Für die Fokusgruppen stellt das Projekt bereit: einen eigenen Videokonferenzraum eine Kollaborationsplattform auf Basis einer Wiki-Software eine Mailingliste für den direkten und schnellen Austausch. Darüber hinaus werden die Fokusgruppen vom Projekt unterstützt durch: eine*n Projektmitarbeiter*in bei der Organisation, Moderation und Dokumentation sowie bei der Verbreitung der Ergebnisse. Diese Fokusgruppen wurden bereits gegründet Fachrepositorien HAW-Bibliotheken Informationsbudget Kommunikation Konsortiale Open-Access-Finanzierung Landes- und Regionalbibliotheken OA-Künste OA-Projekte OJS-Hosting Open-Access-Bücher Open-Access-Helpdesks Open-Access-Monografienfonds Publikationsberatung scholar-led.network Strategien und Policys Zweitveröffentlichung The focus groups initiated within the framework of open-access.network are listed on the project website. We aim at the groups' continued existence beyond the project duration. If you are interested in setting up a digital focus group, you are always welcome to send us an e-mail at info(at)open-access.network. We will be delighted to support you!...

Open Access in Romance studies

What is Open Access? Find an introduction here. Source: based on Brinken, H. (2021). 10 Gründe für Open Access. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4643859 ( CC BY 4.0 International ) Open Access: Pros and Cons Find an introduction here. Open Access Publishing and Self-Archiving Find an introduction here. Open Access in Linguistics Find an introduction here. Open Access in Romance Studies Although access to digital publications is highly valued in Romance studies, open access is rather underrepresented there compared with other disciplines. Romance studies has a heterogeneous publication culture in which established models of publication and dissemination of research results play a central role. Printed journals continue to occupy a special place, and, besides journals, edited collections are an important form of publication. Publishers and independent journals as well as researchers and associations are increasingly breaking new ground in the form of open access publications and initiatives – to date, mainly in the journals area, but increasingly also in the area of monographs and edited collections. The topic of open access is becoming increasingly important in the publication culture in Romance studies, not least because of the positions and requirements of research funders. Small publishers are responsible for a substantial part of the publication output in Romance studies, and many of them now offer open access options. The information offerings and networking activities of the Specialised Information Service for Romance Studies ( FID Romanistik ) are also worthy of mention. Impetus has been forthcoming from the community through journal startups and a position paper on open access and research data ( Schöch et al., 2017 ) produced by the Digital Romance Studies Working Group ( AG Digitale Romanistik ) of the German Association of Romance Philologists ( Deutscher Romanistikverband) . The topic is also gaining traction, especially among mid-level academics, through workshops organised by the German Association of Romance Philologists and through inter-disciplinary discussions and further education programmes at graduate schools. Best-practice examples and reports of concrete experiences were presented at a workshop in 2017 in which publishers, editors, and researchers participated ( Hornung & Trapp, 2018 ). A survey of German-speaking Romance philologists ( Hornung et al., 2017 ) conducted in 2016 by the Specialised Information Service for Romance Studies ( FID Romanistik ) provided insights into the question of how open access is perceived in the discipline and what factors influence researchers when it comes to deciding whether to publish open or closed access . The survey found that the reputation of the publisher, the series, the journal, and the editors were decisive factors. Although respondents valued the high degree of dissemination and the findability of open access publications, these factors were not decisive. The survey results suggest that Impact Factors, which are of central importance in other disciplines, play hardly any role in Romance studies. A more recent survey conducted by the Specialised Information Service for Romance Studies (Schepers, 2024) suggests that awareness of open access has increased. Respondents formulated specific concerns and problems, such as the funding of open access monographs or possibilities of self-archiving works published with a publisher, while also pointing to a need for information about – and to barriers to – open access publishing. Open Access Journals As of April 2024, the Directory of Open Access Journals listed 66 entries under Romanic languages and 176 entries under French literature - Italian literature - Spanish literature - Portuguese literature . Important open access journals include: apropos [Perspektiven auf die Romania] Estudios Culturales Hispánicos (University of Regensburg) HeLix – Dossiers zur romanischen Literaturwissenschaft Horizonte – Neue Serie • Nuova Serie Romanische Studien Versants – Revista suiza de literaturas románicas (University of Bern) Zeitschrift für Katalanistik – Revista d’Estudis Catalans (German Association of Catalan Philologists) Other journals from neighbouring and superordinate fields, such as general linguistics , comparative literary studies, and the digital humanities, that are also of relevance to Romance studies include: Glossa: a journal of general linguistics HiN – Alexander von Humboldt im Netz Iberoamericana. América Latina - España - Portugal iMex. México Interdisciplinario/Interdisciplinary Mexico Miradas – Zeitschrift für Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte der Amérikas und der iberischen Halbinsel PhiN – Philologie im Netz Pragmática Sociocultural / Sociocultural Pragmatics Textpraxis. Digitales Journal für Philologie Zeitschrift für Interkulturellen Fremdsprachenunterricht ZfdG - Zeitschrift für digitale Geisteswissenschaften Also worthy of mention are review journals such as fabula.org for Franco-Romance studies. Bibliodiversity is also apparent among open access publications that are more firmly anchored in the field of Romance studies outside Germany, especially among Latin American offerings provided by the platforms sciELO , Redalyc , AmeliCA , and Latindex ( Müller, 2020 ). Among the German-language offerings there are also early pioneer projects, in particular PhiN – Philologie im Netz , which was launched as a purely open access journal in 1997. The number of open access journals is increasing due, especially, to new periodicals such as apropos [Perspektiven auf die Romania] . By contrast, transformations of existing periodicals in Romance studies in the German-speaking area are still rare. However, the Zeitschrift für Katalanistik has a certain exemplary character because all issues are hybrid in the sense that they are made available in print for a fee and online in open access, and all older volumes dating back to the very first volume in 1988 have been retrodigitised. A similar repositioning can be seen in the case of Versants . The journal Horizonte - Neue Serie • Nuova Serie was newly founded as an independent open access publication after the discontinuation of its subscription-based predecessor, Horizonte . The founding of the open access journal Glossa in 2016 was spectacular in that it emerged from a conflict between the editorial board of the journal Lingua and the publisher Elsevier. Whereas authors in other disciplines often have to pay article processing charges (APCs) to have their works published open access, that funding model is – with a few exceptions – not common in Romance studies, where publishing is usually free of charge for authors ( diamond open access ), because many purely open access journals are run by institutes or by the editors themselves. Exceptions are hybrid journals of the major publishers in which individual articles are published open access against payment of a fee. Also of relevance is the possibility to self-archive the contributions in a repository after an embargo period of 12 months. In the case of promptus – Würzburger Beiträge zur Romanistik , for example, this is implemented by the editors. In Romance studies, it is relatively common for journals to be hosted either in-house or by local libraries, some of which are supra-regionally active. For example, the journal apropos [Perspektiven auf die Romania] is hosted by Hamburg University Press using the free software Open Journal Systems (OJS) . The French platform OpenEdition Journals hosts numerous other journals of relevance to Romance studies from various countries. Also worthy of mention are the publication service of the Ibero-American Institute in Berlin, the hosting offerings of many local university libraries, and the Open Library of Humanities . What are Open Access Journals? Find an introduction here. Practical Tip Publishing Open Access: How to evaluate a journal's quality Video on the Funding of Open Access Articles Source: Becklas Dorow, C., Hauss, J. (2026). Funding Open Access Articles – What Are the Options?. Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB), open-access.network. https://doi.org/10.5446/73596 ( CC BY 3.0 DE ) open-access.network (2026) ( CC BY 4.0 International ) What are Open Access Books? Find an introduction here. open-access.network (2026) ( CC BY 4.0 International ) Open Access Books As of April 2024, the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) listed 171 entries under the search term Romance languages and 193 entries under Romance literature ; in addition, there are the titles in the individual Romance disciplines, for example Catalan language (45 entries as of April 2024). The online library and publication platform OAPEN listed 804 titles under Romance languages and 121 titles under Romance literature as of April 2024. Overall, offerings in the area of monographic OA publications in Romance studies tend to be isolated and heterogeneous. However, the presence of the format is increasing. Yet, none of the above-mentioned platforms fully cover the broad spectrum. Examples in the area of freely available monographs and collections, which are usually published open access and in print at the same time ( "dual publishing "), include: the supplements to the journal Romanische Studien ; the series Imágenes de la diversidad funcional. Literatura, artes escénicas, visuales y virtuales , which has been published with Peter Lang since 2018; the series Aula , which has been published by de Gruyter since 2020; the offerings of the hybrid-publishing university presses , which developed open access models at an early stage; the French platform OpenEdition Books the series Open Romance Linguistics published by Language Science Press; the humanities publication series published by Open Humanities Press and Open Book Publishers ; individual titles published by diverse publishers with a Romance programme, including AVM, de Gruyter, Peter Lang, transcript and Vervuert. The panorama of these publications is extremely heterogeneous. It largely comprises new titles. In addition, there are titles that are made freely available after a certain period of time or that appear in open access as a new edition or a translation, as in the case of Joachim Küpper’s classic work Discursive "Renovatio" in Lope de Vega and Calderón . With Knowledge Unlatched , there have also been some – albeit unsuccessful – initial initiatives to "unlatch" commercial publications in partnership with several specialised publishers. As the DFG has declared open access the priority publication mode for the projects it funds, and other research funders have already made the provision of open access mandatory, a strengthening of the open access monograph in Romance studies is to be expected. However, the additional costs for free access to a monograph that arise at most traditional publishers are an obstacle to this. Extensive funding programmes do not exist at present. In individual cases, the costs may be covered by the monograph funds that have been established at many scientific institutions, by the DFG, or by foundations. In the case of third-party-funded projects, the easiest way is to include applications for the reimbursement of open access costs in the project proposal. University presses can play a complementary role, as can the offerings of non-conventional publishers listed in the overview. Disciplinary Repositories Since 2025, the Specialised Information Service for Romance Studies (FID Romanistik) has been providing a repository for Romance studies in the form of a Romance studies collection. Although technically part of the Repositorium.Hamburg , it is available for use by the Romance studies community as a whole. All articles in this collection are also listed in the search portal of the Specialised Information Service for Romance Studies. There are other repositories for sub-disciplines of Romance studies and for neighbouring disciplines – for example, Archivum Medii Aevi Digitale for medieval studies, AfricArXiv for African studies, CompaRe for general and comparative literary studies, and the Linguistik-Repository for general and comparative linguistics. LA Referencia , a network of open access repositories in Latin America, is illustrative of the distinctive repository landscape in that region. Portugal’s scholarly repositories are aggregated by RCAAP . Also of relevance are the HAL Open Science Archive , which is authoritative for the humanities and social sciences in France; the internationally established universal repository zenodo.org ; and the platforms of the local libraries. The content of the aforementioned repositories is, in part, searchable via regional and supra-regional search engines. The Bielefeld Academic Search Engine ( BASE ) can also be expediently used for searches with a specifically open access focus. An overview of relevant repositories is provided by the Open Directory of Open Access Repositories (OpenDOAR) . What are Repositories? Find an introduction here. Legal Aspects Find an introduction here. Video über das Zeitveröffentlichungsrecht Quelle: Brehm, E. (2021). Zweitveröffentlichungsrecht für Wissenschaftler*innen, open-access.network. https://doi.org/10.5446/51789 ( CC BY 3.0 DE ) Practical Tip Finding Open Access Literature (in German) Open Access Helpdesk You are welcome to contact our Helpdesk of you have any questions about Open Access. oa.finder The oa.finder shows you from tens of thousands of journals which are Gold Open Access, whether they charge APCs and how high these are. You can also view the funding modalities of your own institution. Other Useful Offerings There are other useful offerings both with a specifically Romance studies orientation and with a transdisciplinary orientation. The local libraries offer their publication and advisory services to researchers at the respective institutions. Graduate schools are also increasingly arranging advisory and training offerings. The Specialised Information Service for Romance Studies ( FID Romanistik ) offers a discipline-specific information and advisory service . Via the project website, basic information is presented on open access, especially on legal issues. When doing so, concrete application scenarios from publishing practice in Romance studies are discussed – for example, regarding open access publishing and self-archiving, the role of translations, and publishers and repositories in different countries. Personal advice is also offered. The Romanistik-Blog features information on current topics, legal issues, funding conditions, as well as specific offerings and projects. The online archives JSTOR and Project MUSE now also provide open access content relevant to Romance studies. Open Science in Romance Studies The free accessibility and reusability of primary texts, images, and research data; the machine readability of texts; and procedures such as text and data mining are also subjects of increasing discussion. Platforms with a corresponding agenda from the Romance-language countries include, for example Gallica (France), the Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes (Spain), and the Biblioteca Italiana (Italy). A recent example relating to the reusability of images is a decision by the Biblioteca Nacional de España that resulted in images from its holdings being made available free of charge since March 2020 for use in scholarly publications. Of note in the area of research data is the consortium Text+ from the context of the Nationale Forschungsdateninfrastruktur (National Research Data Infrastructure; NFDI), which is developing an infrastructure for language- and text-based data and is initially focusing on digital collections, lexical resources, and editions. Also of relevance to Romance studies are general humanities projects such as CLARIAH-DE and its predecessor projects CLARIN and DARIAH-DE , including the research data repositories DARIAH-DE Repository and the TextGrid Repository . An initiative specific to Romance studies is the directory of research data on the information platform romanistik.de . The Specialised Information Service for Romance Studies (FID Romanistik) provides an information and support service . The series of blog posts published since 2020 by the Digital Romance Studies Working Group (AG Digitale Romanistik ) places a special focus on the sustainable handling of research data in accordance with the FAIR principles. open-access.network ( CC BY 4.0 International ) References Hornung, C., von Deylen, W., Tannous, I., & Wonke-Stehle, J. (2017, February 9). Auswertung der Umfrage des FID Romanistik zu Open Access in der Romanistik. Romanistik-Blog - Das Blog des Fachinformationsdienstes. https://blog.fid-romanistik.de/2017/02/09/auswertung-der-umfrage-des-fid-romanistik-zu-open-access-in-der-romanistik/ Hornung, C., & Trapp, M. (2018). Open Access-Publizieren in der Romanistik: Standortbestimmung und Perspektiven. Romanistik-Blog - Das Blog des Fachinformationsdienstes. https://blog.fid-romanistik.de/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/OA-Workshop-Protokoll-SUBHH-11-2017.pdf Müller, C. (2020). Elektronisches Publizieren und Open Access: Die Perspektive Lateinamerikas. B. i. t. Online, 23 (4), 374–380. https://www.b-i-t-online.de/heft/2020-04-fachbeitrag-mueller.pdf Schepers, L. (2024). Umfrageergebnisse: Romanistisches Publizieren in frühen Karrierephasen. Romanistik-Blog – Das Blog des Fachinformationsdienstes. blog.fid-romanistik.de/2024/05/30/umfrageergebnisse-romanistisches-publizieren-in-fruehen-karrierephasen/ Schöch, C., Rißler-Pipka, N., Mühlschlegel, U., Gerstenberg, A., & Ehrlicher, H. (2017). Open Access und Forschungsdaten. Ein Positionspapier der AG Digitale Romanistik. In Mitteilungsheft Frühjahr 2017 (pp. 50–59). Deutscher Romanistenverband. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3834226 Further Reading Agnetta, M. (2019). Wie closed darf open access sein? / Eine Momentaufnahme der Publikationskultur in der deutschen Romanistik. Digitalkulturen/Cultures Numériques. Herausforderungen Und Interdisziplinäre Forschungsperspektiven/Enjeux et Perspectives Interdisciplinaire , 16, 33–50. https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839442159-002 [ Open Access Preprint at Romanistik-Blog ] Graf, D., Fadeeva, Y., & Falkenstein-Feldhoff, K. (Eds.). (2020). Bücher im Open Access: Ein Zukunftsmodell für die Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften? Verlag Barbara Budrich. https://doi.org/10.17185/duepublico/72237 Hornung, C (2022). Open Access in der Romanistik – Coffee Lecture. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBRLDzIeLLc Nonnenmacher, K. (2015). Die Zeitschrift als Idee. Einladung an Leser und Autoren. Romanische Studien, 1 , 5–24. https://www.romanischestudien.de/index.php/rst/issue/view/1 Schöch, C. (2020). Was heißt und zu welchem Ende publiziert man im Open Access? Open Access Week 2020, Universitätsbibliothek Trier. https://christofs.github.io/publ/#/ | Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RQy4wtYls0 Söllner, K., & Mittermaier, B. (2017). Praxishandbuch Open Access . de Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110494068 Bearbeitung der Inhalte der Seite: Christoph Hornung (Stand: Juni 2024)....

Open Access und wissenschaftliches Publizieren: Train-the-Trainer-Konzept

Anleitung, die in Form eines umfangreichen Handbuchs die didaktische Vorgehensweise und Ausrichtung von Train-the-Trainer-Workshops inklusive möglicher zu behandelnder Themenfelder beschreibt.

• Materialart: Anleitung
• Lizenz: CC BY 4.0
• Thema: Open Educational Resources, Open-Access-Basics, Transformation, Rechte
• Zielgruppe: Hochschulen, Bibliothek, Fachreferent*innen
• Sprache: Deutsch
• Jahr: 2022
• Fachdisziplin: Interdisziplinär

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Open Repositories 2022

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Open-Access-Transformation der wissenschaftlichen Buchproduktion aus der Perspektive von Institutionen

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