Karger (BSB)

How open are hybrid journals included in the German consortial transformative agreement Karger (BSB)? 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 70 hybrid journals is as follows:

2017-2024

Global Germany*
13.1% 17.7%
5K out of 38K 574 out of 3K

2023

Global Germany*
26.4% 36.7%
1K out of 4K 108 out of 294

*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 Karger (BSB) by Creative Commons license types as provided by Crossref.

0% 10% 20% 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% 10% 20% 30% 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 Karger (BSB) between 2017 and 2024. The analysis is based on lead author country affiliations.

Australia 571 | 2 % India 494 | 1.7 % Israel 458 | 1.6 % Austria 312 | 1.1 % Sweden 311 | 1.1 % Belgium 302 | 1.1 % Other 4.4K | 15.4 % Netherlands 792 | 2.8 % Brazil 762 | 2.7 % Spain 743 | 2.6 % France 726 | 2.5 % Switzerland 708 | 2.5 % South Korea 667 | 2.3 % Canada 602 | 2.1 % United States 4.3K | 15.1 % China 3.5K | 12.3 % Germany 3.2K | 11.3 % Japan 2.1K | 7.5 % Italy 1.7K | 5.9 % United Kingdom 976 | 3.4 % Turkey 859 | 3 % 0% 50% 100% 0% 50% 100% 0% 50% 100% 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 Karger (BSB). 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 States
159
501
31.7%
China
129
540
23.9%
Germany
108
294
36.7%
Netherlands
88
99
88.9%
Japan
72
243
29.6%
United Kingdom
64
96
66.7%
Switzerland
54
77
70.1%
Australia
41
71
57.7%
Sweden
35
40
87.5%
Israel
35
53
66.0%
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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

Karger (BSB): 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% 10% 20% 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Data source Crossref Unpaywall
0% 10% 20% 30% 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
Karger (BSB)
TDM Support
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
ORCID
32%
50%
44%
47%
61%
81%
44%
28%
Funder info
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
1%
1%
0%
Open Abstracts
96%
93%
92%
95%
97%
96%
96%
97%
Open Citations
60%
49%
67%
93%
96%
82%
70%
84%

Journal table

Karger (BSB): 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
Acta Cytologica
ISSN-L: 0001-5547
616
7.0%
3
0.0%
Acta Haematologica
ISSN-L: 0001-5792
810
11.2%
31
22.6%
American Journal of Nephrology
ISSN-L: 0250-8095
922
15.6%
14
14.3%
Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism
ISSN-L: 0250-6807
618
12.9%
26
7.7%
Audiology and Neurotology
ISSN-L: 1420-3030
448
18.5%
33
42.4%
Blood Purification
ISSN-L: 0253-5068
963
10.7%
31
19.4%
Brain, Behavior and Evolution
ISSN-L: 0006-8977
305
14.1%
17
23.5%
Breast Care
ISSN-L: 1661-3791
697
11.0%
212
17.5%
Cardiology
ISSN-L: 0008-6312
879
13.8%
25
16.0%
Caries Research
ISSN-L: 0008-6568
517
13.0%
41
41.5%
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Dashboard last compiled on 13 January, 2025.