Scholar-led Plus: Tailored support for scholar-led publishing
The aim of the project is to improve the publication situation of scholar-led, open access gold journals through practical and strategic knowledge resources. Scholar-led journals face particular challenges and established funding and support options are often not effective here. As an integral part of the publishing system, the visibility and recognition of these journals needs to be improved.
We understand science-led publishing as a complex management process for which existing expertise and technical solutions must be bundled and coordinated. The project starts here and develops a set of instructive and strategic documents in various exchange formats together with the community.
- Project phase: Analysis of the needs of the scholarly publishing community (journals, blogs, libraries, research institutions, professional societies)
- Project phase: Conception and creation of practical, low-threshold knowledge resources to support publication work
- Project phase: Conduct a study and publish two working papers with proposals for networking and with perspectives on the future of science-led publishing
The practical knowledge resources include six handouts and two webinars that provide assistance for free journals, blogs and publishing institutions in a concise and solution-oriented manner. From the needs analysis and the workshops with the community, needs for action in six main topics have emerged. These key topics are the basis for the handouts and webinars.
A strategy paper and a policy paper form the strategic knowledge resources. The strategy paper identifies trends and scenarios for science-led publishing and aims to empower stakeholders to set up their journals in a future-oriented and sustainable way. The policy paper outlines the various support options for science-led journals that are necessary for robust operation within the competitive field of scientific publishing.
Activities
| Date | Event |
| 03.07.2023 13.00-14.00 | Webinar “Sustainable Funding and Organisation of Journals” Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, digital Event |
| 30.06.2023 13.00-14.00 | Webinar “Journal Workflows: from Submission to Communication” Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, digital event |
| 16.05.2023 11.00-15.30 | Workshop on the transfer of the results “Scholar-led publishing: Practical Tips and Perspectives” Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berlin |
| 18.10.2022 10.00-13.00 | Writing Sprint for the collaborative creation of the “Technology and Infrastructures” handout Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, digital event |
| 20.10.2022 10.00-13.00 | Writing Sprint for the collaborative creation of the “Rights and Licences” handout Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, digital event |
| 25.10.2022 10.00-13.00 | Writing Sprint for the collaborative creation of the “Workflows and Workflows” handout Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, digital event |
| 27.10.2022 10.00-13.00 | Writing Sprint for the collaborative creation of the “Communication and Distribution” handout Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, digital event |
| 03.11.2022 10.00-13.00 | Writing Sprint for the collaborative creation of the “Business Models” handout Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, digital event |
| 08.11.2022 10.00-13.00 | Writing Sprint for the collaborative production of the “Governance and Legal Form” handout Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, digital event |
| 01.06.2022 10.00-11.00 | Presentation of the results of the needs analysis “Securing Diamond Open Access together” Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, digital event |
| 19.05.2022 9.00-13.00 | Transfer Workshop “Journals in the OA Transformation Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, TIB Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology, digital event |
| 07.04.2022 11.00-17.00 | Needs analysis workshop “Securing Diamond Open Access together: quality criteria, funding areas and opportunities for co-determination” Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, digital event |
| 26.10.2021 18.30-20.00 | Panel discussion “Scholar-led and community-paid?” Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society in cooperation with the Open Access Bureau Berlin, Berlin |
Results
The results developed in the project are published on an ongoing basis and made available for subsequent use.
→ Recording and presentation slides of the webinar “Sustainable Funding and Organisation of Journals” (03.07.2023)
→ Recording and presentation slides of the webinar “Journal Workflows: from Submission to Communication” (30.06.2023)
→ Results of the workshop “Scholar-led Publishing Practical Tips and Perspectives” (16.05.2023)
→ Results of the transfer workshop “Journals in the OA transformation” (19.05.2022)
→ Results of the workshop on the analysis of needs “Securing Diamond Open Access together: quality criteria, funding areas and opportunities for co-determination” (07.04.2022)
→ Recording of the Panel discussion “Scholar-led and community-paid?” (26.10.2021)
| Duration | April 2021 – July 2023 |
| Funding | German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (16TOA038A) |
Marcel Wrzesinski
These six handouts support scientists and publishing institutions in setting up an Open Access scientific journal.
During Open Access Week, representatives of the Open Science community considered how to advocate for and support scholar-led projects.
Marcel Wrzesinskiproject lead "Scholar-led Plus" and Open Access Officer
Nataliia SokolovskaHead of Research Programme: Knowledge & Society
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Johanna KlixFormer student assistant: Knowledge & Society
Journal articles and conference proceedings
Wrzesinski, M. (2022). Community-governed and community-paid publishing. Resilient support for independent open access journals. Proceedings of the Weizenbaum Conference 2022. Practicing Sovereignty. Interventions for open digital futures, Proceedings of the Weizenbaum Conference 2022.. Publication details
Ganz, K., & Wrzesinski, M. (2021). Open Education: Mehr als digital und ohne Paywall. FGZ - Freiburger Zeitung für Geschlechterstudien, 147-150. DOI: 10.3224/fzg.v27i1.14 Publication details
Working paper
Wrzesinski, M., Riechert, P., Dubois, F., & Katzenbach, C. (2021). Working with publication technology to make open access journals sustainable. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2021(02). DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4558781 Publication details
Waidlein, N., Wrzesinski, M., Dubois, F., & Katzenbach, C. (2021). Working with budget and funding options to make open access journals sustainable. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2021(01). DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4558790 Publication details
Other publications
Wrzesinski, Marcel (2023). Wissenschaftsgeleitetes Publizieren. Sechs Handreichungen mit Praxistipps und Perspektiven. HIIG Impact Publication Series. Publication details
Asmussen, T., Boucher, M.-C., Dalkilic, E., Drubek-Meyer, N., Finger, J., Ganz, K., Heinig, J., Heuer, J., Kirchner, A., Klassen, O., Kunz, R., Mirbeth, J., Neufend, M., Rauchecker, M., Steiner, T., Wenninger, A. & Wrzesinski, M. (2022). THE SCHOLAR-LED.NETWORK-MANIFESTO. self published. Publication details
Scholar-led.network (2021). Das scholar-led.network-Manifest, Fokusgruppe scholar-led.network. (2021) Das scholar-led.network-Manifest. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4925784. Publication details
Asmussen, T., Boucher, M.-C., Dalkilic, E., Drubek-Meyer, N., Finger, J., Ganz, K., Heinig, J., Heuer, J., Kirchner, A., Klassen, O., Kunz, R., Mirbeth, J., Neufend, M., Rauchecker, M., Steiner, T., Wenninger, A. & Wrzesinski, M. (2021). Das scholar-led.network-Manifest. scholar-led.network. Publication details
Wrzesinski, M. (2021). Open Access, aber nicht umsonst: Robuste Finanzierung für wissenschaftliches Publizieren. Digital Society Blog. Publication details
Finger, J. & Wrzesinski, M. (2021). scholar-led.network: neue Unterstützung für wissenschaftliche Publikationsprojekte. ZBW Blog. Publication details
Waidlein, M. & Wrzesinski, M. (2020). InnOAccess-Workshops: Gebührenfreie Open-Access-Zeitschriften nachhaltig publizieren. ZBW Blog. Publication details
Lectures and presentations
KAMBIUM: A network to make community-driven publishing workOpen Access Scholarly Publishing Association Conference 2022. OASPA. Online, Online, Germany: 22.09.2022 Further information
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Plattformisierung, Zentralisierung und Kollaboration. Chancen und Herausforderungen für Scholar-led Open AccessOpen-Access-Tage 2022. Universitätsbibliothek Bern. Gurten, Bern, Switzerland: 21.09.2022 Further information
Marcel Wrzesinski
KAMBIUM: Praktisches und strategisches Wissen für wissenschaftsgeführtes PublizierenRoad to Open Meta. HTWK Leipzig and Science Open. HTWK Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany: 12.09.2022 Further information
Marcel Wrzesinski
Community-governed and community-paid publishing. Resilient support for independent open access journalsWeizbaum Conference “Practicing Sovereignty. Interventions for open digital futures”. The Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society. Alte Münze, Berlin, Germany: 09.06.2022 Further information
Marcel Wrzesinski
Stand und Ergebnisse zu Scholar-led PlusWorkshop “Zeitschriften in der Open-Access-Transformation” (Session: Stand und Ergebnisse zu Scholar-led Plus). TIB - Technische Informationsbibliothek Hannover. Digital, Berlin, Germany: 19.05.2022 Further information
Marcel Wrzesinski
“Hintergrund und Einordnung in Debatten: Die WissenschaftsperspektiveDiamond Open Access (Session: Open-Access-Zeitschriften und -Bücher ohne Publikationsgebühren finanzieren: Debatten, Modelle und Erfahrungen zu "Diamond OA"). Leibniz-Gemeinschaft. Digital, Digital, Germany: 11.05.2022 Further information
Marcel Wrzesinski
Panels
Aktuelle Entwicklungen von Open Access vor dem Hintergrund von DEAL und Plan SFachtagung zur Lage der sozial- und geisteswissenschaftlichen Zeitschriften. Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB). Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB), Berlin, Germany: 09.05.2022 Further information
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Organisation of events
Diamond Open Access gemeinsam absichern: Qualitätskriterien, Förderbereiche und Möglichkeiten der Mitbestimmung07.04.2022. Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: Knowledge Unlatched (National) Further information
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Scholar-led and community-paid?26.10.2021. Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: Open Access Büro Berlin (International) Further information
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