Open Access Publication Costs / 2025 - 2027 / University of Stuttgart

• Applicant: Professor Dr.-Ing. Peter Middendorf, since 12/2024
• Subject Area: Data Management, Data-Intensive Systems, Computer Science Methods in Business Informatics
• Term: since 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 512689491

Open Access requires an institutional adaptation of the processes and structures for the assumption of financial responsibility for scientific publishing. This proposal describes how the structural adjustments already made at the University of Stuttgart are to be further developed and made permanent. The focus is on efforts to increase the cost transparency of decentralized publication expenditure and to reduce the administrative burden of managing income and expenditure. To this end, the data basis will be improved, processes optimized and software adjustments made. The acceptance of the Open Access strategy at the university with the necessary changes requires an overall organizational effort. For this reason, the university management and the university library are jointly striving for changes in organizational culture and communication in addition to technical and administrative improvements. The preparatory work is outlined and four work packages are presented: (1) expansion of cost monitoring / digital central invoice workflow, (2) expansion of publication monitoring, (3) organizational development and (4) communication. The first two work packages are aimed at increasing efficiency through automation in open access funding. It includes the systematic evaluation of the university bibliography. The organizational development work package aims to facilitate cross-departmental and cross-institutional cooperation. In the last work package, a targeted communication offensive is also being developed to better integrate scientists and academics into Open Access support. By implementing these work packages, the University of Stuttgart is responding to the DFG's requirements to accelerate the Open Access transformation by creating an appropriate structure.

• DFG Programme: Science Communication, Research Data, eResearch (Scientific Library Services and Information Systems)
• Co-Investigator: Dr. Helge Steenweg
• Ehemaliger Antragsteller: Professor Dr.-Ing. Wolfram Ressel, until 12/2024