Open Science in the Leibniz Association

Already in 2003, the Leibniz Association was one of the first signatories for the Berlin Declaration on Open Access. Subsequently, a Leibniz Open Access guideline has been adopted in 2007 to maximise the value of publicly-funded research http://www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/fileadmin/user_upload/downloads/UEber_uns/Leibniz_OpenAccess-Leitlinie_-_ENGLISH.pdf. It

It states, that quality-assured and peer-reviewed research results- this can be publications as well as data and programming code - are freely accessible in electronic archives via digitised form. Rapid and direct access to information, at any time, in any place, at no cost to the internet.

Several user and without barriers is proclaimed (Leibniz-Gemeinschaft, 2007). Several working groups which encourage Open Access are established:

- Open established such aspects (Leibniz-Gemeinschaft, 2015).

Libraries and Information Infrastructure Institutions working group: consists of the Federal Republic’s three central libraries and the specialist resource centres, optimises the added-value for all members by networking, general agreements and syndication
Open Access Working Group has existed since 2005. It has working group: developed an Open Access strategy and recommendations assistance for all Leibniz members. It has members, prepared a template for an Open Access policy which is adapted by the Leibniz institutes according to their institutional openness. --> Link
- Libraries and Information Infrastructures Working Group
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Research Data Working Group working group: addresses anything concerning data such as Open Access to the challenges posed by the issue of research data by discussing and works together producing statements e.g. with the Working Group Research Data of the Alliance of Research Organisations recommendations to data management plans, are involved in Germany .

Since Alliance activities on "Digital Information"

Since 2011, the Open Access platform LeibnizOpen summarizes Open Access (www.leibnizopen.de) gives the opportunity to list open publications of all Leibniz institutions.

http://www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/en/infrastrukturen/open-access/

Leibniz gave recommendations for institutions. It provides the European Commission on how associated full texts and thus, pictures the entire range of topics and types of publications that are generated through research and teaching within the Leibniz Association.

In 2016 the Leibniz Association will start a central publication fund for its authors. Aims are to deal with overcome the subscription model by publishing in genuine Open Access journals, changing the handling with article processing charges (APC) and to research data in Horizon 2020

All four German DataCite members are have a central controlling also members of about the Leibniz association.

Information infrastructures publication behaviour by setting clear criteria.

Leibniz institutions form collaborative research alliances which use inter- and wether they are open access http://www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/infrastrukturen/uebersicht-der-forschungsinfrastrukturen/

Science transdisciplinary approaches to address current scientific and socially-relevant issues such as Science 2.0 WGL... (above mentioned)

(www.leibniz-science20.de).It deals with the investigation of innovative fields for research and development, for example collaborative internet technologies and user behaviour research.