In October 2015, the open access infrastructure project INTACT has started its work. Funded by DFG, INTACT brings together three already existing initiatives which will now collaborate under one roof:
- The Open APC platform at Bielefeld University Library collects cost information for open access article charges from university and research institutions. The constantly growing dataset is publicly available on a GitHub environment. Currently it aggregates data with a total volume of 8,019,641 € for 6,268 articles. Open APC demonstrates transparent and reproducible reporting and allows various cost analysis on fee-based open access publishing across institutions and publishers.
https://github.com/OpenAPC/openapc-de - The working group Open Access Analytics at Bielefeld University focuses on bibliometric research. Within the INTACT project, OA Analytics will provide indicators about the development and distribution of open access publishing at universities and research organizations.
- The ESAC initiative at the Max Planck Digital Library. ESAC wants to help shaping the principles and conditions of the apc based business model while partnering with publishers and libraries in order to develop good practices and guidelines.
https://esac-initiative.org
In following these three fields of action INTACT aims at an improvement of infrastructure which is needed to ensure a transparent and efficient apc market.
