01 Jul 2021
The Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) has updated its APC expenditures, the latest contribution provides data for the 2020 period and some remaining articles for 2019.
The MLU University and State Library (ULB) is in charge of the University’s Open Access Publishing Fund, which is supported under the DFG’s Open Access Publishing Programme.
Contact Person is Roberto Cozatl.
Cost data
The new data set covers publication fees for 144 articles. Total expenditure amounts to 229 852€ and the average fee is 1 596€.
The following table provides an overview of the new data:
|
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
MDPI AG |
52 |
72137 |
1387 |
Springer Nature |
34 |
65536 |
1928 |
Frontiers Media SA |
19 |
34748 |
1829 |
Wiley-Blackwell |
9 |
12766 |
1418 |
Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
7 |
11727 |
1675 |
BMJ |
4 |
7138 |
1784 |
Elsevier BV |
4 |
7258 |
1814 |
Informa UK Limited |
4 |
6043 |
1511 |
BioScientifica |
2 |
3780 |
1890 |
International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) |
2 |
652 |
326 |
AIP Publishing |
1 |
1618 |
1618 |
American Chemical Society (ACS) |
1 |
809 |
809 |
IOP Publishing |
1 |
454 |
454 |
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) |
1 |
1051 |
1051 |
S. Karger AG |
1 |
1294 |
1294 |
SAGE Publications |
1 |
1556 |
1556 |
The Royal Society |
1 |
1285 |
1285 |
Overview
With the recent contribution included, the overall APC data for the MLU now looks as follows:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)

Average costs per year (in EURO)

Average costs per publisher (in EURO)

28 Jun 2021
We welcome the Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg Theodor Fontane (MHB) as new contributing institution!
The MHB Library is in charge of the University’s Open Access Publishing Fund, which is supported under the DFG’s Open Access Publishing Programme until 2022.
Contact Person is Marcel Nieme.
Cost data
The initial data set covers publication fees for 11 articles published in 2020. Total expenditure amounts to 22,873€ and the average fee is 2,079€.
|
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
BMJ |
2 |
3272 |
1636 |
Frontiers Media SA |
2 |
5043 |
2522 |
Oxford University Press (OUP) |
2 |
3624 |
1812 |
S. Karger AG |
2 |
4300 |
2150 |
Elsevier BV |
1 |
1250 |
1250 |
Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
1 |
1428 |
1428 |
SAGE Publications |
1 |
3956 |
3956 |
Overview
A detailed analysis of the contributed data provides the following overview:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)

Average costs per publisher (in EURO)

23 Jun 2021
The University of Turku has updated its APC expenditures, the latest contribution provides cost data on APCs paid between January and April 2021.
The data has been collected by Turku University Library, contact person is Anna-Kaarina Linna.
Cost data
The new data set covers publication fees for 45 articles. Total expenditure amounts to 81 521€ and the average fee is 1 812€.
The following table provides an overview of the new data:
|
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
MDPI AG |
22 |
34201 |
1555 |
Informa UK Limited |
4 |
9677 |
2419 |
Springer Nature |
4 |
11384 |
2846 |
Frontiers Media SA |
3 |
6003 |
2001 |
Elsevier BV |
2 |
5298 |
2649 |
Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
2 |
2899 |
1450 |
American Chemical Society (ACS) |
1 |
1066 |
1066 |
Bristol University Press |
1 |
1860 |
1860 |
Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
1 |
3059 |
3059 |
Emerald |
1 |
3439 |
3439 |
Finnish Society of Forest Science |
1 |
800 |
800 |
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) |
1 |
769 |
769 |
Pensoft Publishers |
1 |
710 |
710 |
SAGE Publications |
1 |
356 |
356 |
Overview
With the recent contribution included, the overall APC data for the University of Turku now looks as follows:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)

Average costs per year (in EURO)

Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
