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    A study of institutional spending on open access publication fees in Germany
    (London : PeerJ, 2016) Jahn, Najko; Tullney, Marco
    Publication fees as a revenue source for open access publishing hold a prominent place on the agendas of researchers, policy makers, and academic publishers. This study contributes to the evolving empirical basis for funding these charges and examines how much German universities and research organisations spent on open access publication fees. Using self-reported cost data from the Open APC initiative, the analysis focused on the amount that was being spent on publication fees, and compared these expenditure with data from related Austrian (FWF) and UK (Wellcome Trust, Jisc) initiatives, in terms of both size and the proportion of articles being published in fully and hybrid open access journals. We also investigated how thoroughly self-reported articles were indexed in Crossref, a DOI minting agency for scholarly literature, and analysed how the institutional spending was distributed across publishers and journal titles. According to self-reported data from 30 German universities and research organisations between 2005 and 2015, expenditures on open access publication fees increased over the years in Germany and amounted to € 9,627,537 for 7,417 open access journal articles. The average payment was € 1,298, and the median was € 1,231. A total of 94% of the total article volume included in the study was supported in accordance with the price cap of € 2,000, a limit imposed by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) as part of its funding activities for open access funding at German universities. Expenditures varied considerably at the institutional level. There were also differences in how much the institutions spent per journal and publisher. These differences reflect, at least in part, the varying pricing schemes in place including discounted publication fees. With an indexing coverage of 99%, Crossref thoroughly indexed the open access journals articles included in the study. A comparison with the related openly available cost data from Austria and the UK revealed that German universities and research organisations primarily funded articles in fully open access journals. By contrast, articles in hybrid journal accounted for the largest share of spending according to the Austrian and UK data. Fees paid for hybrid journals were on average more expensive than those paid for fully open access journals.
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    Research information systems at universities and research institutions - Position Paper of DINI AG FIS
    (Zenodo, 2015) Ebert, Barbara; Tobias, Regine; Beucke, Daniel; Bliemeister, Andreas; Friedrichsen, Eiken; Heller, Lambert; Herwig, Sebastian; Jahn, Najko; Kreysing, Matthias; Müller, Daniel; Riechert, Mathias
    This is the English translation of a position paper published by the German DINI Working Group on Research Information Systems (DINI AG FIS) in 2015. Reporting has become a regular part of science at every level. Researchers are required to report to external funding organisations and sponsors. Management needs an overview of the multitude of research information available in order to be able to make sound decisions and compete successfully for equipment and funding. Public accountability, particularly in terms of financing, has also grown in importance over time. At the same time, universities and research institutions still face major problems when it comes to providing information on research performance. The causes of these problems are often very similar at each institution – distributed data storage without any interfaces, management systems that fail to map research contexts, and limited usability of existing systems when it comes to carrying out differentiated analyses: Specialist and funding databases are managed independently of one another, interfaces and exchange formats simply do not exist, and standardisation options are seldom used when developing such systems. The development of financeable and functional research information systems and, above all, the exchange of existing information are of equal importance as campus management or suitable HR and finance systems when it comes to IT development in scientific institutions. It is difficult to imagine institutions being able to manage processes requiring manual input and annual data requests in the long term. Reporting requirements are also likely to increase over time. This position paper describes specific strategic steps that need to be taken in order to develop long-term research reporting information management processes in German research insttutions. Common standards need to be agreed on as they are a prerequisite both for reducing the considerable amount of work required to run systems and for enabling mobile researchers to transfer their portfolio to various applications and different research institutions. The working group also devised specific practical tips on designing, choosing, introducing and running a system as well as advice with regard to project management. These tips and advice are aimed at institutions wishing to introduce or develop a research information system.
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    Forschungsinformationssysteme in Hochschulen und Forschungseinrichtungen : Positionspapier
    (Zenodo, 2014) Beucke, Daniel; Bliemeister, Andreas; Ebert, Barbara; Friedrichsen, Eiken; Heller, Lambert; Herwig, Sebastian; Jahn, Najko; Kreysing, Matthias; Müller, Daniel; Riechert, Mathias; Tobias, Regine
    Forschungsinformationssysteme sind ein aktuelles und wichtiges Thema für Hochschulen und Forschungseinrichtungen, die einem zunehmenden Bedarf an verlässlichen und verfügbaren Informationen über die eigenen Forschungsaktivitäten begegnen. Die DINI Arbeitsgruppe Forschungsinformationssysteme will mit dem jetzt vorgelegten Papier eine erste Orientierung bieten für Leitungen, Wissenschaftsmanagement und Informationsdienstleister, die sich mit den Anforderungen an ein Forschungsinformationssystem auseinandersetzen. Angesprochen sind aber auch Träger und Förderer, denen Hochschulen und Forschungseinrichtungen rechenschaftspflichtig sind und die selbst Forschungsdokumentation betreiben, sowie unabhängige oder kommerzielle wissenschaftliche Dienstleister und Datenbankbetreiber. Die Bedeutung von elektronischer Datenübermittlung und Vernetzung von lokalen und überregionalen Forschungsdatenbanken wird langfristig steigen. Daher sind alle Mitspielder im Wissenschaftsbetrieb für den Diskurs über eine gute Praxis der Forschungsdokumentation gefordert.