Hybrid Open Access Dashboard: Consortial Transformative Agreements in Germany
How open are hybrid journals in transformative agreements with library consortia based in Germany? 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 7,439 hybrid journals included in consortial transformative agreements in Germany is as follows:
2017-2025
| Global | Germany* |
| 12.8% | 38% |
| 1.3M out of 10.12M | 145K out of 382K |
2024
| Global | Germany* |
| 22.7% | 72.1% |
| 310K out of 1.37M | 29K out of 40K |
*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 consortial transformative agreements in Germany by Creative Commons license types as provided by Crossref.
*Journal articles from lead authors based in Germany. Country affiliation data derived from OpenAlex.
Creative Commons licenses over time by publisher
Percentage of Open Access in hybrid journals included in consortial transformative agreements in Germany by Creative Commons license types and Top 13 publishers in terms of total Open Access articles published in these journals between 2017 and 2024.
*Journal articles from lead authors based in Germany. Country affiliation data derived from OpenAlex.
Publishing market
Publishing market over time
Hybrid journal publisher 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 consortial transformative agreements in Germany are shown.
*Journal articles from lead authors based in Germany. Country affiliation data derived from OpenAlex.
Publisher league: Hybrid Open Access output
This interactive table highlights the output of hybrid Open Access publishers by year, sorted by total annual publication volume. It shows the number and proportion of Open Access articles made available under a Creative Commons licence in hybrid journals included in consortial transformative agreements in Germany. The table also shows the number of hybrid journals per portfolio and the corresponding percentage of hybrid journals with at least one OA article. You can filter by publisher, publication year and between a global and a country-specific view with respect to lead author publications from Germany.
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. Shown are the Top 20 most productive countries in terms of articles published in hybrid journals included in consortial transformative agreements in Germany between 2017 and 2024. The analysis is based on lead author country affiliations.
Country league
Publication volume and Open Access share in hybrid journals included in consortial transformative agreements in Germany. You can search for specific countries, and filter by publisher and publication year. The analysis is based on country-affiliations of lead authors.