12 Nov 2019
The Couperin consortium collects data on APC expenditures from universities and other research institutions in France.
Additional APC expenditures for the CIRAD (Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement) have now been made available to OpenAPC.
Contact Persons for Couperin are Valerie Larroque and Sandrine Malotaux.
Cost data
The new data set covers publication fees for 46 articles published in 2018. Total expenditure amounts to 71 001€ and the average fee is 1 543€.
The following table provides an overview of the new data:
|
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
Springer Nature |
23 |
40640 |
1767 |
Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
18 |
24289 |
1349 |
Frontiers Media SA |
17 |
31499 |
1853 |
Elsevier BV |
10 |
17876 |
1788 |
MDPI AG |
6 |
7678 |
1280 |
Scientific Societies |
6 |
3398 |
566 |
Oxford University Press (OUP) |
5 |
10855 |
2171 |
Wiley-Blackwell |
5 |
10046 |
2009 |
American Society for Microbiology |
3 |
4494 |
1498 |
Resilience Alliance, Inc. |
3 |
2558 |
853 |
Genetics Society of America |
2 |
3753 |
1876 |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |
2 |
3587 |
1793 |
BioResources |
1 |
902 |
902 |
OMICS Publishing Group |
1 |
2255 |
2255 |
Overview
With the recent contribution included, the overall APC data for CIRAD now looks as follows:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)

Average costs per year (in EURO)

Average costs per publisher (in EURO)

05 Nov 2019
The University of Turku has updated its APC expenditures, the latest contribution provides cost data on APCs paid between May and August 2019.
Turku University Library collects data on institutional APC expenditures.
Contact Person is Anna-Kaarina Linna.
Cost data
The new data set covers publication fees for 41 articles. Total expenditure amounts to 76 837€ and the average fee is 1 874€.
The following table provides an overview of the new data:
|
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
Springer Nature |
70 |
133000 |
1900 |
Elsevier BV |
42 |
81103 |
1931 |
Wiley-Blackwell |
42 |
108183 |
2576 |
Informa UK Limited |
19 |
33652 |
1771 |
MDPI AG |
14 |
18584 |
1327 |
Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
13 |
21445 |
1650 |
Oxford University Press (OUP) |
12 |
29313 |
2443 |
Frontiers Media SA |
7 |
14946 |
2135 |
Impact Journals, LLC |
5 |
17010 |
3402 |
SAGE Publications |
5 |
2281 |
456 |
American Society for Microbiology |
4 |
7950 |
1988 |
BioScientifica |
4 |
11941 |
2985 |
IOP Publishing |
4 |
6864 |
1716 |
Japanese Society for Dental Materials and Devices |
4 |
1676 |
419 |
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) |
4 |
8257 |
2064 |
FASEB |
3 |
7070 |
2357 |
Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
3 |
6201 |
2067 |
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) |
3 |
5137 |
1712 |
Bern Open Publishing |
2 |
1030 |
515 |
Copernicus GmbH |
2 |
3175 |
1588 |
JMIR Publications Inc. |
2 |
4797 |
2399 |
Pensoft Publishers |
2 |
1198 |
599 |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |
2 |
4936 |
2468 |
Rockefeller University Press |
2 |
4136 |
2068 |
The Endocrine Society |
2 |
4958 |
2479 |
Advanced Institute of Convergence Information Technology |
1 |
452 |
452 |
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) |
1 |
3907 |
3907 |
American Diabetes Association |
1 |
2004 |
2004 |
American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB) |
1 |
996 |
996 |
American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) |
1 |
2321 |
2321 |
American Society for Clinical Investigation |
1 |
5220 |
5220 |
American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) |
1 |
2390 |
2390 |
BMJ |
1 |
1587 |
1587 |
Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
1 |
893 |
893 |
EDP Sciences |
1 |
800 |
800 |
European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education |
1 |
529 |
529 |
Hindawi Publishing Corporation |
1 |
1112 |
1112 |
Innovative Journal |
1 |
131 |
131 |
Institute of Experimental Botany |
1 |
62 |
62 |
International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE) |
1 |
360 |
360 |
Ivyspring International Publisher |
1 |
1732 |
1732 |
Magnolia Press |
1 |
89 |
89 |
Mary Ann Liebert Inc |
1 |
1817 |
1817 |
Microbiology Society |
1 |
178 |
178 |
Open Access Text Pvt, Ltd. |
1 |
309 |
309 |
Partners in Digital Health |
1 |
772 |
772 |
Portland Press Ltd. |
1 |
1938 |
1938 |
Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre Oy (REABIC) |
1 |
868 |
868 |
Society for Neuroscience |
1 |
3014 |
3014 |
The Company of Biologists |
1 |
4275 |
4275 |
The Royal Society |
1 |
1080 |
1080 |
Verein zur Forderung des Open Access Publizierens in den Quantenwissenschaften |
1 |
200 |
200 |
White Rose University Press |
1 |
410 |
410 |
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)

31 Oct 2019
We welcome the University of Belgrade as new contributing institution and as our first participant from Serbia!
Contact Person for the University of Belgrade is Biljana Kosanovic.
Cost data
The initial data set covers publication fees for 34 articles published from 2017 to 2019. Total expenditure amounts to 30 328€ and the average fee is 892€.
|
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
MDPI AG |
15 |
15428 |
1029 |
Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
5 |
4085 |
817 |
Frontiers Media SA |
4 |
3375 |
844 |
Mechanical Engineering Faculty in Slavonski Brod |
3 |
1500 |
500 |
Springer Nature |
3 |
4020 |
1340 |
PeerJ |
2 |
1220 |
610 |
Element |
1 |
400 |
400 |
Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences |
1 |
300 |
300 |
Overview
A detailed analysis of the contributed data provides the following overview:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)

Average costs per year (in EURO)

Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
