21 Apr 2021
The Ruhr Universität Bochum (RUB) has provided its APC expenditures for the 2020 period.
The University Library is in charge of the University’s Open Access Publishing Fund, which received support by the DFG under its Open-Access Publishing Programme until 2020.
Contact person is Kathrin Lucht-Roussel.
Cost data
The new data set covers publication fees for 140 articles. Total expenditure amounts to 232,232€ and the average fee is 1,659€.
The following table shows the payments the RUB has made to publishers in 2020.
| |
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
| MDPI AG |
37 |
61424 |
1660 |
| Frontiers Media SA |
31 |
60789 |
1961 |
| Springer Nature |
31 |
54272 |
1751 |
| Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
13 |
21228 |
1633 |
| Wiley-Blackwell |
5 |
7452 |
1490 |
| Elsevier BV |
4 |
3935 |
984 |
| Informa UK Limited |
3 |
5947 |
1982 |
| BMJ |
2 |
3556 |
1778 |
| Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
2 |
2047 |
1023 |
| Oxford University Press (OUP) |
2 |
2981 |
1490 |
| AIP Publishing |
1 |
1652 |
1652 |
| EpiSmart Science Vector Ltd |
1 |
375 |
375 |
| IOP Publishing |
1 |
1044 |
1044 |
| Optical Society of America (OSA) |
1 |
1578 |
1578 |
| Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) |
1 |
656 |
656 |
| PAGEPress Publications |
1 |
600 |
600 |
| SAGE Publications |
1 |
501 |
501 |
| sub\urban e.V. |
1 |
700 |
700 |
| VM Media SP. zo.o VM Group SK |
1 |
901 |
901 |
| Walter de Gruyter GmbH |
1 |
595 |
595 |
Overview
With the recent contribution included, the overall APC data for the RUB now looks as follows:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)
Average costs per year (in EURO)
Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
21 Apr 2021
The University of Konstanz has updated its APC expenditures, providing data for the 2020 period.
The Communication, Information, Media Centre (KIM) is in charge of the University’s Open Access Publishing Fund, which received support by the DFG under its Open-Access Publishing Programme until 2019.
Contact person is Anja Oberländer.
Cost data
The new data set covers publication fees for 81 articles, total expenditure amounts to 160,603€ and the average fee is 1,983€.
The following table provides an overview:
| |
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
| Frontiers Media SA |
25 |
42220 |
1689 |
| Springer Nature |
15 |
37800 |
2520 |
| MDPI AG |
8 |
13900 |
1738 |
| Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
7 |
10028 |
1433 |
| American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) |
5 |
20177 |
4035 |
| Wiley-Blackwell |
5 |
7301 |
1460 |
| ALTEX Edition |
4 |
8000 |
2000 |
| Elsevier BV |
3 |
5902 |
1967 |
| Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) |
2 |
1643 |
822 |
| American Physical Society (APS) |
1 |
3373 |
3373 |
| Cogitatio |
1 |
900 |
900 |
| Copernicus GmbH |
1 |
1523 |
1523 |
| Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
1 |
1475 |
1475 |
| IOP Publishing |
1 |
1040 |
1040 |
| JMIR Publications Inc. |
1 |
2120 |
2120 |
| Oxford University Press (OUP) |
1 |
3200 |
3200 |
Overview
With the recent contribution included, the overall APC data for Konstanz now looks as follows:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)
Average costs per year (in EURO)
Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
19 Apr 2021
The JGU Mainz has reported BPC expenditures for the first time, the contribution provides data for the 2019 and 2020 period.
Mainz University Library is in charge of the institution’s Open Access Publication Funds,
which also supports publishing of OA monographs.
Contact person is Karin Eckert.
Cost data
The new data set covers publication fees for 6 books. Total expenditure amounts to 29 681€ and the average fee is 4 947€.
The following tables and plots provide an overview of the payments Mainz University Library has made to book publishers in 2019 and 2020.
| |
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
| Frank & Timme |
2 |
11901 |
5950 |
| Peter Lang |
2 |
9400 |
4700 |
| Cambridge University Press |
1 |
6000 |
6000 |
| Meson Press |
1 |
2380 |
2380 |
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)
Average costs per year (in EURO)
Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
