29 Apr 2019
The Library Wissenschaftspark Albert Einstein has provided us with data on APC expenditures for the 2018 period at the GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences).
Contact person is Roland Bertelmann.
Cost data
The new dataset covers publication fees for 63 articles. Total expenditure amounts to 102 112€ and the average fee is 1 621€.
The following table shows the payments the Library Wissenschaftspark Albert Einstein has made to publishers on behalf of the GFZ in 2018:
|
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
Copernicus GmbH |
35 |
40923 |
1169 |
Springer Nature |
10 |
26086 |
2609 |
Frontiers Media SA |
6 |
11788 |
1965 |
MDPI AG |
6 |
8252 |
1375 |
Elsevier BV |
2 |
5574 |
2787 |
American Geophysical Union (AGU) |
1 |
2380 |
2380 |
Oxford University Press (OUP) |
1 |
1156 |
1156 |
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) |
1 |
2166 |
2166 |
Soil Science Society of America |
1 |
3788 |
3788 |
Overview
With the recent contribution included, the overall APC data for the GFZ now looks as follows:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)

Average costs per year (in EURO)

Average costs per publisher (in EURO)

29 Apr 2019
The University of Bamberg has updated its APC expenditures, providing data for the 2018 period.
Bamberg University Library is in charge of the University’s Open Access Publishing Fund, which is supported by the DFG under its Open-Access Publishing Programme.
Contact person is Dr. Fabian Franke.
Cost data
The new dataset covers publication fees for 8 articles. Total expenditure amounts to 8 044€ and the average fee is 1 006€.
|
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
Springer Nature |
2 |
2392 |
1196 |
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) |
1 |
1576 |
1576 |
Editorial Universidad de Almeria |
1 |
107 |
107 |
Elsevier BV |
1 |
445 |
445 |
Frontiers Media SA |
1 |
1690 |
1690 |
Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
1 |
1230 |
1230 |
SAGE Publications |
1 |
604 |
604 |
Overview
With the recent contribution included, the overall APC data for Bamberg now looks as follows:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)

Average costs per year (in EURO)

Average costs per publisher (in EURO)

29 Apr 2019
The University of Göttingen has updated its APC expenditures, the latest contribution provides data for the 2018 period.
The Göttingen State and University Library is in charge of the University’s Open Access Publishing Fund, which is supported by the DFG under its Open-Access Publishing Programme.
Contact persons are Daniel Beucke and Sabine Witt.
Cost data
The new dataset covers publication fees for 240 articles. Total expenditure amounts to 372 777€ and the average fee is 1 553€.
The following table shows the payments the SUB Göttingen has made to publishers in 2018.
|
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
Springer Nature |
55 |
104977 |
1909 |
Frontiers Media SA |
46 |
85000 |
1848 |
MDPI AG |
39 |
35704 |
916 |
Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
34 |
55999 |
1647 |
Elsevier BV |
9 |
13740 |
1527 |
Copernicus GmbH |
8 |
11275 |
1409 |
Hindawi Publishing Corporation |
8 |
11506 |
1438 |
Wiley-Blackwell |
7 |
10370 |
1481 |
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) |
4 |
5198 |
1300 |
F1000 Research, Ltd. |
3 |
2028 |
676 |
SAGE Publications |
3 |
1834 |
611 |
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) |
2 |
6754 |
3377 |
Impact Journals, LLC |
2 |
6582 |
3291 |
Informa UK Limited |
2 |
2933 |
1467 |
Pensoft Publishers |
2 |
1309 |
654 |
Wageningen Academic Publishers |
2 |
2380 |
1190 |
AIP Publishing |
1 |
1302 |
1302 |
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd. |
1 |
1046 |
1046 |
BMJ |
1 |
1589 |
1589 |
Boffin Access |
1 |
349 |
349 |
British Institute of Radiology |
1 |
539 |
539 |
eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd |
1 |
1926 |
1926 |
Ivyspring International Publisher |
1 |
1999 |
1999 |
Open Access Text Pvt, Ltd. |
1 |
860 |
860 |
Oxford University Press (OUP) |
1 |
1267 |
1267 |
The Company of Biologists |
1 |
1551 |
1551 |
The Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy |
1 |
361 |
361 |
The Korean Society of Veterinary Science (KAMJE) |
1 |
1363 |
1363 |
Ubiquity Press, Ltd. |
1 |
439 |
439 |
Wildlife Biology |
1 |
595 |
595 |
Overview
With the recent contribution included, the overall APC data for Göttingen now looks as follows:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)

Average costs per year (in EURO)

Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
