25 Feb 2021
Osnabrück University has updated its APC expenditures, the latest contribution provides data for the 2020 period.
Osnabrück 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 Sabine Boccalini.
Cost data
The new data set covers publication fees for 43 articles. Total expenditure amounts to 72 424€ and the average fee is 1 684€.
The following table shows the payments Osnabrück University Library has made to publishers in 2020.
|
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
Frontiers Media SA |
17 |
29116 |
1713 |
MDPI AG |
10 |
17941 |
1794 |
Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
5 |
8677 |
1735 |
Wiley-Blackwell |
4 |
5081 |
1270 |
Springer Nature |
2 |
3690 |
1845 |
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) |
1 |
2038 |
2038 |
Elsevier BV |
1 |
1083 |
1083 |
Hindawi Publishing Corporation |
1 |
1985 |
1985 |
Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
1 |
1701 |
1701 |
PeerJ |
1 |
1112 |
1112 |
Overview
With the recent contribution included, the overall APC data for Osnabrück University now looks as follows:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)

Average costs per year (in EURO)

Average costs per publisher (in EURO)

23 Feb 2021
The Couperin consortium collects data on APC expenditures from universities and other research institutions in France.
APC expenditures for the Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne have now been made available to OpenAPC for the first time.
Contact Persons for Couperin are Valerie Larroque and Sandrine Malotaux.
Cost data
The new data set covers publication fees for 106 articles published from 2017 to 2020. Total expenditure amounts to 148 422€ and the average fee is 1 400€.
The following table provides an overview of the new data:
|
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
MDPI AG |
34 |
39113 |
1150 |
Frontiers Media SA |
26 |
50238 |
1932 |
Springer Nature |
19 |
26350 |
1387 |
Elsevier BV |
5 |
6141 |
1228 |
Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
5 |
5968 |
1194 |
Impact Journals, LLC |
2 |
5681 |
2840 |
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) |
1 |
3550 |
3550 |
American Society for Microbiology |
1 |
427 |
427 |
Avanti Publishers |
1 |
293 |
293 |
Biology Centre, AS CR |
1 |
150 |
150 |
Copernicus GmbH |
1 |
750 |
750 |
EDP Sciences |
1 |
900 |
900 |
Enviro Research Publishers |
1 |
359 |
359 |
JScholar |
1 |
1690 |
1690 |
PeerJ |
1 |
985 |
985 |
Peertechz Publications Private Limited |
1 |
148 |
148 |
Politechnika Wroclawska Oficyna Wydawnicza |
1 |
250 |
250 |
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) |
1 |
1800 |
1800 |
Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. |
1 |
883 |
883 |
Scimed Central |
1 |
1548 |
1548 |
Wiley-Blackwell |
1 |
1199 |
1199 |
Overview
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)

Average costs per year (in EURO)

Average costs per publisher (in EURO)

23 Feb 2021
The Freie Universität Berlin has provided more BPC expenditures for the 2020 period.
The data originates from a dedicated fund operated by University Library of Freie Universität Berlin, which supports the publication of open-access monographs and edited volumes.
Contact person is Birgit Schlegel.
Cost data
The new data set covers publication fees for 5 books. Total expenditure amounts to 31 250€ and the average fee is 6 250€.
The following tables provides an overview of the reported BPC payments.
|
Books |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
De Gruyter |
2 |
12000 |
6000 |
transcript Verlag |
2 |
12960 |
6480 |
Franz Steiner Verlag |
1 |
6290 |
6290 |
Overview
With the recent contribution included, the overall BPC data for the FU Berlin now looks as follows:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)

Average costs per year (in EURO)

Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
