Von 8. bis 9. Oktober 2024 fand die internationale Konferenz „openCost: The Road to Publication Cost Transparency – The Next Stage“ an der Universität Regensburg statt. Dort präsentierten die Projektbeteiligten – die Universitätsbibliotheken Regensburg und Bielefeld sowie das Deutsche Elektronen-Synchrotron – die erzielten Projektergebnisse sowie Nachnutzungsmöglichkeiten für die Community.

Daneben brachten internationale Expert*innen in zwei Sessions „International Cost Monitoring“ ihre Perspektiven auf das Monitoring von Publikationskosten sowie die Bedeutung von Kostentransparenz ein. Eine weitere Session beschäftigte sich mt Transformationsverträgen.

In einem Hands-on Lab zur zentralen Publikationskostenerfassung sowie dem der Konferenz 2024 vorgelagerten Workshoptag gab es zudem ausreichend Gelegenheit sich intensiver miteinander auszutauschen. Das Hands-on Lab lieferte praxisnahe Einblicke und einen offenen Austausch für Publikationskostenverwalterinnen. Der Workshop richtete sich insbesondere an Repository-Betreibende sowie Systemanbietende. Ausgehend von einer kurzen Darstellung der openCost-Implementation bei den projektbeteiligten Einrichtungen wurden dort gemeinsam mit den Teilnehmenden Implementierungsmöglichkeiten diskutiert.

Alle Vortragsfolien wurden in PUBDB veröffentlicht.

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The hidden costs of open access: navigating to a more equitable future
openCost: The Road To Publication Cost Transparency - The Next Stage, RegensburgRegensburg, Germany, 7 Oct 2024 - 9 Oct 20242024-10-072024-10-09 [10.3204/PUBDB-2026-01559]  GO OpenAccess  Download fulltext Files BibTeX | EndNote: XML, Text | RIS

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Shaping Transparency for Publication Costs: Collecting, Analyzing and Reporting Cost Data Using a Standardized Data Schema
openCost: The Road To Publication Cost Transparency - The Next Stage, RegensburgRegensburg, Germany, 7 Oct 2024 - 9 Oct 20242024-10-072024-10-09 [10.3204/PUBDB-2026-01558]  GO OpenAccess  Download fulltext Files BibTeX | EndNote: XML, Text | RIS

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The Repository as focal point: Cost data in Bielefeld's PUB system as part of an information budget
openCost: The Road To Publication Cost Transparency - The Next Stage, RegensburgRegensburg, Germany, 7 Oct 2024 - 9 Oct 20242024-10-072024-10-09 [10.3204/PUBDB-2026-01549]  GO OpenAccess  Download fulltext Files BibTeX | EndNote: XML, Text | RIS

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OpenAPC: New features and extensions in the context of openCost
openCost: The Road To Publication Cost Transparency - The Next Stage, RegensburgRegensburg, Germany, 7 Oct 2024 - 9 Oct 20242024-10-072024-10-09 [10.3204/PUBDB-2026-01557]  GO OpenAccess  Download fulltext Files BibTeX | EndNote: XML, Text | RIS

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The openCost metadata schema
openCost: The Road To Publication Cost Transparency - The Next Stage, RegensburgRegensburg, Germany, 7 Oct 2024 - 9 Oct 20242024-10-072024-10-09 [10.3204/PUBDB-2025-00976]  GO OpenAccess  Download fulltext Files BibTeX | EndNote: XML, Text | RIS

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An Aggregator's Perspective: Harvesting Repositories in OpenAPC
openCost: The Road To Publication Cost Transparency - The Next Stage, RegensburgRegensburg, Germany, 7 Oct 2024 - 9 Oct 20242024-10-072024-10-09 [10.3204/PUBDB-2026-01551]  GO OpenAccess  Download fulltext Files BibTeX | EndNote: XML, Text | RIS

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A new dataobject (entity) in EPrints for contracts/agreements with publishers
openCost: The Road To Publication Cost Transparency - The Next Stage, RegensburgRegensburg, Germany, 7 Oct 2024 - 9 Oct 20242024-10-072024-10-09 [10.3204/PUBDB-2026-01547]  GO OpenAccess  Download fulltext Files BibTeX | EndNote: XML, Text | RIS

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Monitoring costs of scholarly publishing in Sweden – read and publish agreements, APC:s in the wild and subscriptions
openCost: The Road To Publication Cost Transparency - The Next Stage, RegensburgRegensburg, Germany, 7 Oct 2024 - 9 Oct 20242024-10-072024-10-09 [10.3204/PUBDB-2026-01556]  GO OpenAccess  Download fulltext Files BibTeX | EndNote: XML, Text | RIS

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Lessons learned when using the DESY JOIN2 APC-Modul at GSI in different publication infrastructure for the DFG OA monitoring
openCost: The Road To Publication Cost Transparency - The Next Stage, RegensburgRegensburg, Germany, 7 Oct 2024 - 9 Oct 20242024-10-072024-10-09 [10.3204/PUBDB-2026-01473]  GO OpenAccess  Download fulltext Files BibTeX | EndNote: XML, Text | RIS

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Supporting Strategic Decision-Making with Open Cost Data: Insights from OpenAIRE and PathOS
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Tracking institution and journal relationships in TAs: the devil in the details
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Monitoring and Analysis of Publication Costs - The Austrian Approach
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Hands-on Lab: Central publication cost reporting
openCost: The Road To Publication Cost Transparency - The Next Stage, RegensburgRegensburg, Germany, 7 Oct 2024 - 9 Oct 20242024-10-072024-10-09 [10.3204/PUBDB-2026-01561]  GO OpenAccess  Download fulltext Files BibTeX | EndNote: XML, Text | RIS

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RWTH Aachen University on the way to cost transparency in publishing
openCost: The Road To Publication Cost Transparency - The Next Stage, RegensburgRegensburg, Germany, 7 Oct 2024 - 9 Oct 20242024-10-072024-10-09 [10.3204/PUBDB-2026-01553]  GO OpenAccess  Download fulltext Files BibTeX | EndNote: XML, Text | RIS

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Progress report on the integration of openCost into the MyCoRe repository framework
openCost: The Road To Publication Cost Transparency - The Next Stage, RegensburgRegensburg, Germany, 7 Oct 2024 - 9 Oct 20242024-10-072024-10-09 [10.3204/PUBDB-2026-01548]  GO OpenAccess  Download fulltext Files BibTeX | EndNote: XML, Text | RIS

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APCs Under the Microscope: Six Years of Monitoring and AnalyzingScientific Publication Costs in France
openCost: The Road To Publication Cost Transparency - The Next Stage, RegensburgRegensburg, Germany, 7 Oct 2024 - 9 Oct 20242024-10-072024-10-09 [10.3204/PUBDB-2026-01555]  GO OpenAccess  Download fulltext Files BibTeX | EndNote: XML, Text | RIS

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Negotiating Transformative Agreements – Standards and Variation, Achievements and Challenges
openCost: The Road To Publication Cost Transparency - The Next Stage, RegensburgRegensburg, Germany, 7 Oct 2024 - 9 Oct 20242024-10-072024-10-09 [10.3204/PUBDB-2026-01566]  GO OpenAccess  Download fulltext Files BibTeX | EndNote: XML, Text | RIS

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openCost@GEOMAR
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openCost@EZB: Journal Information for Repositories
openCost: The Road To Publication Cost Transparency - The Next Stage, RegensburgRegensburg, Germany, 7 Oct 2024 - 9 Oct 20242024-10-072024-10-09 [10.3204/PUBDB-2026-01550]  GO OpenAccess  Download fulltext Files BibTeX | EndNote: XML, Text | RIS

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openCost & EZB: An Introduction to the New Features for Providing Information on Publication Costs and OA Publishing
openCost: The Road To Publication Cost Transparency - The Next Stage, RegensburgRegensburg, Germany, 7 Oct 2024 - 9 Oct 20242024-10-072024-10-09 [10.3204/PUBDB-2026-01568]  GO OpenAccess  Download fulltext Files BibTeX | EndNote: XML, Text | RIS

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Open access safari: Tracking the hidden costs of APCs in the wild
openCost: The Road To Publication Cost Transparency - The Next Stage, RegensburgRegensburg, Germany, 7 Oct 2024 - 9 Oct 20242024-10-072024-10-09 [10.3204/PUBDB-2026-01565]  GO OpenAccess  Download fulltext Files BibTeX | EndNote: XML, Text | RIS

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Two Years After: Cost Monitoring in Finland
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Paying is not enough
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