13 Apr 2022
We welcome the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena as new contributing institution!
Data is provided by the Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, which is in charge of the University’s Open Access Publishing Fund.
Contact person is Lea Satzinger.
Cost data
The initial data set provided by the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena covers publication fees for 695 articles published from 2018 to 2022, total expenditure amounts to 1,324,278€ and the average fee is 1,905€.
|
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
MDPI AG |
243 |
415936 |
1712 |
Springer Nature |
152 |
322028 |
2119 |
Frontiers Media SA |
121 |
250471 |
2070 |
Wiley-Blackwell |
36 |
72710 |
2020 |
Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
27 |
49455 |
1832 |
Elsevier BV |
20 |
37970 |
1898 |
Optical Society of America (OSA) |
14 |
28538 |
2038 |
Oxford University Press (OUP) |
8 |
14845 |
1856 |
Copernicus GmbH |
7 |
14207 |
2030 |
Informa UK Limited |
5 |
12559 |
2512 |
BMJ |
4 |
8661 |
2165 |
Hindawi Publishing Corporation |
4 |
7461 |
1865 |
sub\urban e.V. |
4 |
3661 |
915 |
AIP Publishing |
3 |
6598 |
2199 |
Impact Journals, LLC |
3 |
11125 |
3708 |
Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
3 |
6157 |
2052 |
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) |
3 |
4874 |
1625 |
PeerJ |
3 |
2960 |
987 |
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) |
3 |
4228 |
1409 |
SAGE Publications |
3 |
3044 |
1015 |
The Royal Society |
3 |
4208 |
1403 |
American Chemical Society (ACS) |
2 |
2000 |
1000 |
American Physical Society (APS) |
2 |
5777 |
2888 |
AOSIS |
2 |
1895 |
947 |
JMIR Publications Inc. |
2 |
4408 |
2204 |
Pensoft Publishers |
2 |
2539 |
1270 |
Acta Dermato-Venereologica |
1 |
536 |
536 |
Akademiai Kiado Zrt. |
1 |
653 |
653 |
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) |
1 |
3932 |
3932 |
American Medical Association (AMA) |
1 |
3046 |
3046 |
American Society for Microbiology |
1 |
1033 |
1033 |
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) |
1 |
1649 |
1649 |
Berlin Regener Publishing House |
1 |
296 |
296 |
e-Century Publishing Corporation |
1 |
1899 |
1899 |
eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd |
1 |
2447 |
2447 |
EMBO |
1 |
535 |
535 |
Emerald |
1 |
3215 |
3215 |
Georg Thieme Verlag KG |
1 |
831 |
831 |
IMR Press |
1 |
1718 |
1718 |
Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften |
1 |
900 |
900 |
Österreichische Gesellschaft für Entomofaunistik |
1 |
833 |
833 |
The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research (North Shore LIJ Research Institute) |
1 |
2440 |
2440 |
Overview
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)

Average costs per year (in EURO)

Average costs per publisher (in EURO)

11 Apr 2022
The IAB (Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung) has updated its APC expenditures, the latest contribution provides data for the 2020 period.
The IAB is a research institute and special office of the German Federal Employment Agency.
Contact person for the IAB data is Friedrich Riedel.
Cost Data
The new dataset covers publication fees for 27 articles. Total expenditure amounts to 64,260€ and the average fee is 2,380€.
The following table shows the payments the IAB has made to publishers in 2020.
|
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
Oxford University Press (OUP) |
10 |
32818 |
3282 |
SAGE Publications |
6 |
4556 |
759 |
Informa UK Limited |
4 |
11327 |
2832 |
Nomos Verlag |
2 |
5829 |
2914 |
Walter de Gruyter GmbH |
2 |
4760 |
2380 |
Frontiers Media SA |
1 |
2943 |
2943 |
GITO mbH Verlag |
1 |
464 |
464 |
Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
1 |
1563 |
1563 |
Overview
With the recent contribution included, the overall APC data for the IAB now looks as follows:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)

Average costs per year (in EURO)

Average costs per publisher (in EURO)

08 Apr 2022
The Couperin consortium collects data on APC expenditures from universities and other research institutions in France.
APC expenditures for 2 different institutions have now been made available to OpenAPC.
Contact Persons for Couperin are Valerie Larroque and Sandrine Malotaux.
Cost data
The new data set provided by Couperin covers publication fees for 101 articles. Total expenditure amounts to 154,993€ and the average fee is 1,535€.
The data originates from the following institutions:
- Université de Montpellier
- Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle
Overview
A detailed analysis of the contributed data sets provides the following overview:
Breakdown by publisher
|
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
Springer Nature |
27 |
45240 |
1676 |
Frontiers Media SA |
13 |
23662 |
1820 |
Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
11 |
17453 |
1587 |
MDPI AG |
10 |
12914 |
1291 |
Wiley-Blackwell |
7 |
12351 |
1764 |
Elsevier BV |
6 |
13468 |
2245 |
Informa UK Limited |
4 |
2365 |
591 |
The Royal Society |
4 |
4536 |
1134 |
American Society for Microbiology |
2 |
3382 |
1691 |
Oxford University Press (OUP) |
2 |
2955 |
1478 |
PeerJ |
2 |
1535 |
768 |
Pensoft Publishers |
2 |
1195 |
598 |
AAAS |
1 |
3527 |
3527 |
American Chemical Society (ACS) |
1 |
672 |
672 |
Association des Amis du Laboratoire des Reptiles et Amphibiens du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle de Paris (AALRAM) |
1 |
90 |
90 |
BMJ |
1 |
1485 |
1485 |
Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
1 |
2169 |
2169 |
Cell Physiol Biochem Press GmbH and Co KG |
1 |
1500 |
1500 |
EDP Sciences |
1 |
300 |
300 |
Optical Society of America (OSA) |
1 |
1858 |
1858 |
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) |
1 |
405 |
405 |
Resilience Alliance, Inc. |
1 |
1083 |
1083 |
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) |
1 |
848 |
848 |
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)

Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
