17 Mar 2021
The University of Marburg has updated its APC expenditures, the latest contribution provides data for the 2019 period.
Marburg University Library 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 Margit L. Hartung.
Cost data
The new data set covers publication fees for 75 articles, total expenditure amounts to 129 248€ and the average fee is 1 723€.
The following table shows the payments Marburg University Library has made to publishers since their last report.
Publishers
|
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
Springer Nature |
76 |
133373 |
1755 |
Frontiers Media SA |
34 |
63824 |
1877 |
Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
25 |
38820 |
1553 |
MDPI AG |
22 |
31902 |
1450 |
Wiley-Blackwell |
10 |
15156 |
1516 |
ARVO |
9 |
17037 |
1893 |
Dove Medical Press Ltd. |
6 |
10973 |
1829 |
Oxford University Press (OUP) |
6 |
11729 |
1955 |
Elsevier BV |
3 |
3899 |
1300 |
Informa UK Limited |
3 |
5900 |
1967 |
Optical Society of America (OSA) |
3 |
6214 |
2071 |
Copernicus GmbH |
2 |
2231 |
1116 |
Hindawi Publishing Corporation |
2 |
2931 |
1465 |
AIP Publishing |
1 |
1356 |
1356 |
Akademiai Kiado Zrt. |
1 |
495 |
495 |
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) |
1 |
500 |
500 |
American Geophysical Union (AGU) |
1 |
1564 |
1564 |
American Society for Clinical Investigation |
1 |
1420 |
1420 |
Bern Open Publishing |
1 |
547 |
547 |
BMJ |
1 |
1475 |
1475 |
British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery |
1 |
1755 |
1755 |
Cell Physiol Biochem Press GmbH and Co KG |
1 |
1785 |
1785 |
Cogitatio |
1 |
1071 |
1071 |
Ferrata Storti Foundation (Haematologica) |
1 |
357 |
357 |
Gesellschaft für Erdkunde zu Berlin |
1 |
400 |
400 |
Impact Journals, LLC |
1 |
1962 |
1962 |
Mary Ann Liebert Inc |
1 |
1991 |
1991 |
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) |
1 |
1641 |
1641 |
PeerJ |
1 |
991 |
991 |
Pensoft Publishers |
1 |
660 |
660 |
Portland Press Ltd. |
1 |
1547 |
1547 |
Remedy Publications, LLC |
1 |
1839 |
1839 |
S. Karger AG |
1 |
1887 |
1887 |
SAGE Publications |
1 |
492 |
492 |
Walter de Gruyter GmbH |
1 |
412 |
412 |
Overview
With the recent contribution included, the overall APC data for Marburg now looks as follows:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)

Average costs per year (in EURO)

Average costs per publisher (in EURO)

16 Mar 2021
The Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) has provided data on APC expenditures for the 2020 period.
The University Library of the LMU provides institutional funding and discounts for selected Open Access publications and has reported those expenditures to OpenAPC.
Contact person is Andrea Dorner.
Cost data
The recent contribution covers publication fees for 133 articles published in Springer, Frontiers and Wiley OA journals by LMU researchers in 2020. Total expenditure amounts to 248 944€ and the average fee is 1 872€.
The following table provides an overview.
|
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
Frontiers in Immunology |
11 |
20195 |
1836 |
Frontiers in Physiology |
7 |
13124 |
1875 |
Frontiers in Microbiology |
6 |
11894 |
1982 |
Frontiers in Psychology |
6 |
10801 |
1800 |
Frontiers in Oncology |
5 |
9409 |
1882 |
Frontiers in Neurology |
4 |
7896 |
1974 |
BMC Veterinary Research |
3 |
5069 |
1690 |
European Journal of Medical Research |
3 |
5636 |
1879 |
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology |
3 |
5637 |
1879 |
Frontiers in Medicine |
3 |
5846 |
1949 |
Frontiers in Pediatrics |
3 |
5539 |
1846 |
Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research |
3 |
5731 |
1910 |
Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine |
3 |
3749 |
1250 |
Clinical & Translational Immunology |
2 |
3846 |
1923 |
Clinical and Translational Medicine |
2 |
4826 |
2413 |
EMBO Molecular Medicine |
2 |
7238 |
3619 |
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience |
2 |
3898 |
1949 |
Frontiers in Chemistry |
2 |
3898 |
1949 |
Frontiers in Endocrinology |
2 |
3755 |
1878 |
Frontiers in Neuroscience |
2 |
3490 |
1745 |
Frontiers in Veterinary Science |
2 |
3898 |
1949 |
Human Brain Mapping |
2 |
5452 |
2726 |
Molecular Oncology |
2 |
6110 |
3055 |
Nature Communications |
2 |
6392 |
3196 |
Radiation Oncology |
2 |
3884 |
1942 |
Systematic Reviews |
2 |
3218 |
1609 |
Trials |
2 |
3408 |
1704 |
Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy |
1 |
2385 |
2385 |
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology |
1 |
2032 |
2032 |
BMC Bioinformatics |
1 |
1609 |
1609 |
BMC Biology |
1 |
2370 |
2370 |
BMC Biotechnology |
1 |
1780 |
1780 |
BMC Evolutionary Biology |
1 |
1704 |
1704 |
BMC Family Practice |
1 |
1704 |
1704 |
BMC Geriatrics |
1 |
1894 |
1894 |
BMC Health Services Research |
1 |
1894 |
1894 |
BMC Infectious Diseases |
1 |
1704 |
1704 |
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders |
1 |
1894 |
1894 |
BMC Oral Health |
1 |
1661 |
1661 |
BMC Plant Biology |
1 |
1894 |
1894 |
BMC Public Health |
1 |
2066 |
2066 |
Brain and Behavior |
1 |
1562 |
1562 |
ChemistryOpen |
1 |
1336 |
1336 |
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health |
1 |
1894 |
1894 |
Clinical and Experimental Dental Research |
1 |
1268 |
1268 |
Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation |
1 |
1661 |
1661 |
FEBS Open Bio |
1 |
1200 |
1200 |
Frontiers in Big Data |
1 |
414 |
414 |
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology |
1 |
1949 |
1949 |
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine |
1 |
1949 |
1949 |
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology |
1 |
1949 |
1949 |
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience |
1 |
1727 |
1727 |
Frontiers in Communication |
1 |
879 |
879 |
Frontiers in Earth Science |
1 |
902 |
902 |
Frontiers in Genetics |
1 |
1949 |
1949 |
Frontiers in Neural Circuits |
1 |
1999 |
1999 |
Frontiers in Neuroanatomy |
1 |
1949 |
1949 |
Frontiers in Pharmacology |
1 |
1999 |
1999 |
Frontiers in Psychiatry |
1 |
1949 |
1949 |
Frontiers in Robotics and AI |
1 |
1639 |
1639 |
Genetics Selection Evolution |
1 |
1423 |
1423 |
Immunity, Inflammation and Disease |
1 |
1246 |
1246 |
Implementation Science |
1 |
1942 |
1942 |
Journal of Translational Medicine |
1 |
2266 |
2266 |
Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology |
1 |
1490 |
1490 |
Orthopaedic Surgery |
1 |
1726 |
1726 |
Physiological Reports |
1 |
1118 |
1118 |
Plant Direct |
1 |
1841 |
1841 |
Porcine Health Management |
1 |
1409 |
1409 |
Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy |
1 |
599 |
599 |
The Journal of Pathology: Clinical Research |
1 |
1670 |
1670 |
Translational Medicine Communications |
1 |
1609 |
1609 |
Overview
With the recent contribution included, the overall APC data for the LMU now looks as follows:
Average costs per year (in EURO)

Average costs per publisher (in EURO)

16 Mar 2021
The University of Münster has provided both APC and BPC expenditures for 2020 period.
Münster University Library is in charge of the University’s Open Access Publishing Fund, which also supports publishing of OA monographs since 2017.
Contact person is Viola Voß.
Cost data
The new data set covers publication fees for 102 articles and 7 books. Total expenditure for articles amounts to 164,085€ and the average APC is 1,609€, while the total expenditures for books is 53,617€ with an average BPC of 7,660€.
The following tables and plots provide an overview of the payments Münster University Library has made to publishers in 2020.
Articles
|
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
MDPI AG |
31 |
54182 |
1748 |
Springer Nature |
11 |
18427 |
1675 |
Wiley-Blackwell |
10 |
16464 |
1646 |
Frontiers Media SA |
9 |
16164 |
1796 |
Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
6 |
10182 |
1697 |
Informa UK Limited |
5 |
8582 |
1716 |
Elsevier BV |
4 |
4313 |
1078 |
Copernicus GmbH |
3 |
4298 |
1433 |
ARVO |
2 |
3880 |
1940 |
Cogitatio |
2 |
2115 |
1058 |
Ivyspring International Publisher |
2 |
2377 |
1189 |
Oxford University Press (OUP) |
2 |
3803 |
1902 |
University of California Press |
2 |
1918 |
959 |
Acta Dermato-Venereologica |
1 |
1666 |
1666 |
Akademiai Kiado Zrt. |
1 |
1012 |
1012 |
AME Publishing Company |
1 |
1376 |
1376 |
eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd |
1 |
1782 |
1782 |
Geological Society of America |
1 |
1805 |
1805 |
Hindawi Publishing Corporation |
1 |
560 |
560 |
IOP Publishing |
1 |
1428 |
1428 |
JMIR Publications Inc. |
1 |
1891 |
1891 |
PeerJ |
1 |
1063 |
1063 |
SAGE Publications |
1 |
1018 |
1018 |
sub\urban e.V. |
1 |
1500 |
1500 |
The Royal Society |
1 |
1285 |
1285 |
VM Media SP. zo.o VM Group SK |
1 |
993 |
993 |
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)

Average costs per publisher (in EURO)

Books
|
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
De Gruyter |
2 |
18021 |
9010 |
transcript Verlag |
2 |
13426 |
6713 |
A. Francke Verlag |
1 |
8630 |
8630 |
Peter Lang |
1 |
7045 |
7045 |
Waxmann Verlag |
1 |
6496 |
6496 |
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)

Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
