Elsevier (DEAL)

How open are hybrid journals included in the German consortial transformative agreement Elsevier (DEAL)? You can analyse progress made over time by open license, publisher and country. You can also monitor the availability of publisher-provided metadata in Crossref.

The share of Open Access articles with a Creative Commons license in 1,858 hybrid journals is as follows:

2017-2024

Global Germany*
8.6% 17.9%
378K out of 4.42M 21K out of 117K

2023

Global Germany*
13.3% 24%
77K out of 581K 3K out of 13K

*Journal articles from lead authors based in Germany. Country affiliation data derived from OpenAlex.

Creative Commons licenses over time

Percentage of Open Access in hybrid journals included in the German consortial transformative agreement Elsevier (DEAL) by Creative Commons license types as provided by Crossref.

0% 5% 10% 15% 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 CC BY-NC-ND CC BY-ND CC BY-NC-SA CC BY-NC CC BY-SA CC BY
0% 20% 40% 60% 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 CC BY-NC-ND CC BY-ND CC BY-NC-SA CC BY-NC CC BY-SA CC BY

*Journal articles from lead authors based in Germany. Country affiliation data derived from OpenAlex.

Publishing market

Hybrid journal portfolio analysis, showing publishing market shares in terms of total and Open Access article volume. Dashed lines represent median OA percentage (red) and median publication output (orange). Note that only hybrid journals included in transformative agreements are shown.

100 1,000 10,000 100,0001,000,0000%20%40%60%
Publication year: 201720172018201920202021202220232024Articles (log scale)OAPlay
100 1,00010,0000%25%50%75%
Publication year: 201720172018201920202021202220232024Articles (log scale)OAPlay

*Journal articles from lead authors based in Germany. Country affiliation data derived from OpenAlex.

Country view

This section shows how hybrid open access has been adopted in different parts of the world. The analysis is based on the country affiliation of lead authors. Lead authors are the first named authors of scholarly articles, who have typically conducted most of the research presented in the article, although the role of lead authors can vary across disciplines. We used OpenAlex as a data source to determine the affiliation of lead authors.

Open Access in hybrid journals by country

Open Access uptake in hybrid journals with a Creative Commons license per country. Showing the Top 20 most productive countries in terms of articles published in hybrid journals included in the German consortial transformative agreement Elsevier (DEAL) between 2017 and 2024. The analysis is based on lead author country affiliations.

Netherlands 56.2K | 1.4 % Turkey 53.4K | 1.3 % Poland 38.6K | 0.9 % Russia 38.2K | 0.9 % Taiwan 36.1K | 0.9 % Switzerland 31.8K | 0.8 % Other 652.2K | 15.7 % Germany 116.9K | 2.8 % Japan 113.4K | 2.7 % Canada 100.7K | 2.4 % South Korea 97.6K | 2.4 % Australia 97.5K | 2.4 % Brazil 96.1K | 2.3 % Iran 91.0K | 2.2 % China 1.14M | 27.4 % United States 648.3K | 15.7 % India 195.2K | 4.7 % United Kingdom 157.8K | 3.8 % France 139.6K | 3.4 % Spain 128.6K | 3.1 % Italy 117.6K | 2.8 % 0% 25% 50% 75% 0% 25% 50% 75% 0% 25% 50% 75% 2017 - 2024 OA Share Country Total Lead Author Articles | Country Share

Country league

Publication volume and Open Access share per country in hybrid journals included in the German consortial transformative agreement Elsevier (DEAL). You can search for specific countries, and filter by publisher and publication year. The analysis is based on country-affiliations of lead authors.

2023
Country
OA with CC
Total Article Volume
% OA
United Kingdom
10,121
16,874
60.0%
United States
8,002
74,104
10.8%
Spain
7,172
15,307
46.9%
China
6,129
193,768
3.2%
Italy
5,576
13,551
41.1%
Netherlands
4,911
6,777
72.5%
Australia
4,024
10,875
37.0%
Germany
3,131
13,066
24.0%
Sweden
2,895
3,611
80.2%
Switzerland
2,476
3,843
64.4%
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Open metadata

Open and comprehensive metadata is a key requirement of many transformative agreements. The following tables illustrate potential gaps in Crossref metadata for Open Access articles in hybrid journals included in transformative agreements.

License metadata gaps

Elsevier (DEAL): Comparison of open licence metadata in Crossref with Unpaywall via OpenAlex per year. You can compare global metrics with metrics only for articles by lead authors based in Germany. In addition to Crossref licence information, Unpaywall also analyses publisher websites to determine whether an article has been published under an open content licence. More Open Access articles derived from Crossref may indicate a delay between metadata changes and Unpaywall-indexing, while more Open Access articles identified by Unpaywall suggest that publishers have not deposited licensing metadata in Crossref for all articles.

0% 5% 10% 15% 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Data source Crossref Unpaywall
0% 20% 40% 60% 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Data source Crossref Unpaywall

*Journal articles from lead authors based in Germany. Country affiliation data derived from OpenAlex.

Crossref metadata coverage

This table shows the proportion of Crossref metadata that is publicly available for Open Access articles in hybrid journals included in transformative agreements. Publishers can use Crossref to share information about Text and Data Mining (TDM), authors (ORCID) and funding. They can also open up abstracts and reference lists through Crossref.

Global
Publisher
Metadata
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Elsevier (DEAL)
TDM Support
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
ORCID
23%
35%
41%
33%
48%
48%
62%
63%
Funder info
56%
66%
73%
74%
65%
43%
43%
54%
Open Abstracts
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Open Citations
98%
98%
98%
99%
99%
99%
100%
99%

Journal table

Elsevier (DEAL): This table presents the publication volume and Open Access share by hybrid journal between 2017 and 2024, comparing global metrics with metrics only for articles by lead authors based in Germany. Charts show the yearly Open Access share. You can search for journals or select a table header to sort by journal name or a metric.

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Global Publication Volume
German Lead Authors
Journal
Articles
% OA
Trend
Articles
% OA
Trend
Academic Pediatrics
ISSN-L: 1876-2859
2,127
3.9%
6
33.3%
Academic Radiology
ISSN-L: 1076-6332
3,066
8.5%
135
26.7%
Accident Analysis & Prevention
ISSN-L: 0001-4575
2,788
10.3%
73
12.3%
Accounting, Organizations and Society
ISSN-L: 0361-3682
316
12.0%
8
25.0%
Acta Astronautica
ISSN-L: 0094-5765
4,784
9.6%
192
16.1%
Acta Biomaterialia
ISSN-L: 1742-7061
5,153
14.9%
250
30.0%
Acta Colombiana de Cuidado Intensivo
ISSN-L: 0122-7262
394
0.3%
0
0.0%
Acta Ecologica Sinica
ISSN-L: 1872-2032
529
0.4%
0
0.0%
Acta Histochemica
ISSN-L: 0065-1281
783
7.5%
18
5.6%
Acta Materialia
ISSN-L: 1359-6454
6,515
14.1%
572
22.2%
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Dashboard last compiled on 13 January, 2025.