« Open Science in Europe is constantly evolving, and each country is working hard to ensure an overall improvement of a dynamic environment where researchers can collaborate and thrive. Germany is no exception to this rule, as demonstrated by the major steps recently taken by its newly-established National Research Data Infrastructure,…
« This briefing paper issued by the Committee on Scientific Library Services and Information Systems (AWBI) of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) on the subject of data tracking in digital research resources describes options for the digital tracking of research activities. It outlines how…
« Detailed evaluations of the duration of doctoral programmes as well as completed and uncompleted work in the context of coordinated programmes / A good four years are required for completion on average
How long does it take to complete a doctorate in the German research system? Are doctorates completed…
« What is the Knowledge Exchange?
The Knowledge Exchange brings together six organisations that are representative of research activity in their countries. Their aim is to examine common problems in supporting research and developing infrastructure and services to enable the use of digital technologies, to share solutions, to seek perspectives…
« Funding of publication costs and targeted support for research-friendly publication infrastructures / Topics and background information on the DFG website
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) is increasing its efforts to enable free online access to publications and other research findings. The DFG has adopted and implemented further…
« The DFG supports open access. Important with respect to DFG funding is the stated benefit of this publishing method in the respective scientific context. The DFG does not see open access as an end in itself, but as a tool in its efforts to promote scholarly communication in a manner…
« The aim of the national research data infrastructure (NFDI) is to systematically manage scientific and research data, provide long-term data storage, backup and accessibility, and network the data both nationally and internationally. The NFDI will bring multiple stakeholders together in a coordinated network of consortia tasked with providing science-driven data…
« Academia – especially internet research – strives on a dynamic and diverse publishing ecosystem within which researchers can read and publish results and insights free of major hurdles. In practice, though, high article-processing charges and opaque publication processes pose significant difficulties for researchers and interested readers alike.
The following…
« The German federal and state governments reached an agreement in November 2018 to establish a national research data infrastructure (NFDI). Based on a research-driven process, the NFDI aims to systematically manage research data collections, provide long-term data storage, backup and accessibility, and network the data both nationally and internationally in…
« To promote open access the DFG works closely with partners in Germany, Europe and the rest of the world. As part of the Digital Information Alliance Initiative, the DFG is supporting the introduction of an inalienable second publication right. Through organisations and networks such as Knowledge Exchange, Science Europe and…
