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PUBDB-2025-00973

http://join2-wiki.gsi.de/foswiki/pub/Main/Artwork/join2_logo100x88.png openCost: Automatisierte, standardisierte Lieferung und offene Bereitstellung von Publikationskosten und Verlagsvereinbarungen : Zwischenbericht zum DFG-Projekt Nr. 457354095

Bartlewski, J. ; Broschinski, C. ; Deinzer, G. ; Pieper, D. ; Schweighofer, B. ; Sippl, C. ; Stein, L.-M.DESY* ; Wagner, A.DESY* ; Weisheit, S.

2024

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Please use a persistent id in citations: doi:10.3204/PUBDB-2025-00973

Abstract: Within the scope of openCost we are creating a technical infrastructure that allows us to comprehensively record all costs involved in scientific publishing and subsequently make them freely accessible by means of standardized interfaces. This will enable cost transparency on an institutional, national, and international level.Therefore, with the support of (inter-)national experts, we have developed a standardized metadata schema to record, retrieve and map all publication costs of a scientific institution in a structured form. The basic OpenAPC metadata schema was extended to the openCost metadata schema to be able to map additional costs associated with Open Access publication fees. The data is exchanged via an OAI-PMH interface. OpenAPC acts as a service provider for openCost, while the project partners and several JOIN² institutions are data providers. Another focus of the project is the extension of the Electronic Journals Library (EZB) to include functions regarding publication costs. To achieve this, we integrate the OpenAPC interface into the EZB to display summarized cost information. Additionally, we are extending the EZB so that institutions may enter information on publication funding for specific journals as well as institution-specific agreements in the EZB administration interface. Thus, all participating institutions can use the EZB as a central platform for distributing and communicating this OA information to researchers.

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Contributing Institute(s):

1. Bibliothek und Dokumentation (L)

Research Program(s):

1. 899 - ohne Topic (POF4-899) (POF4-899)
2. DFG project 457354095 - openCost: automatisierte, standardisierte Lieferung und offene Bereitstellung von Publikationskosten und Verlagsvereinbarungen (457354095) (457354095)

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Appears in the scientific report 2024

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