02 Apr 2019
We welcome the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano as our second participant from Italy!
Contact person is Paolo Buoso.
About the dataset
The initial dataset contributed by the University of Bozen-Bolzano contains information on publication fees paid in 2018 and 2019.
Cost Data
The data covers publication fees for 23 articles. Total expenditure amounts to 34 831€ and the average fee is 1 514€.
The following table and plots show the payments the university has made to publishers in 2018 and 2019.
|
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
Elsevier BV |
7 |
13173 |
1882 |
Springer Nature |
4 |
9870 |
2467 |
MDPI AG |
2 |
972 |
486 |
Oxford University Press (OUP) |
2 |
4897 |
2449 |
Walter de Gruyter GmbH |
2 |
1696 |
848 |
Allied Business Academies |
1 |
366 |
366 |
Canadian Center of Science and Education |
1 |
260 |
260 |
Frontiers Media SA |
1 |
2221 |
2221 |
Informa UK Limited |
1 |
561 |
561 |
Scholink Co, Ltd. |
1 |
303 |
303 |
Virtus Interpress |
1 |
512 |
512 |
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)

Average costs per year (in EURO)

Average costs per publisher (in EURO)

29 Mar 2019
New APC data has been harvested from the institutional repository of Bielefeld University, which had shifted to APC data provision via OAI-PMH.
Bielefeld University Library is in charge of Bielefeld University’s Open Access Publishing Fund, which is supported by the DFG under its Open-Access Publishing Programme.
Contact person is Dirk Pieper.
Cost data
The harvested data includes 198 articles, amounting to 292 988€ and an average fee of 1 480€.
Note that the net intake is lower, as 89 articles were already present in the OpenAPC data set.
|
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
Springer Nature |
72 |
105002 |
1458 |
Frontiers Media SA |
43 |
78689 |
1830 |
Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
29 |
46222 |
1594 |
MDPI AG |
17 |
14481 |
852 |
Wiley-Blackwell |
7 |
11435 |
1634 |
BMJ |
3 |
4773 |
1591 |
Dove Medical Press Ltd. |
3 |
5979 |
1993 |
Scientific Research Publishing, Inc, |
3 |
3059 |
1020 |
American Society for Microbiology |
2 |
1404 |
702 |
Elsevier BV |
2 |
3704 |
1852 |
AIP Publishing |
1 |
1373 |
1373 |
American Chemical Society (ACS) |
1 |
790 |
790 |
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) |
1 |
1935 |
1935 |
Copernicus GmbH |
1 |
1881 |
1881 |
Crimson Publishers |
1 |
424 |
424 |
Genetics Society of America |
1 |
2242 |
2242 |
Hindawi Publishing Corporation |
1 |
1509 |
1509 |
Informa UK Limited |
1 |
738 |
738 |
Korean Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology |
1 |
1026 |
1026 |
OMICS Publishing Group |
1 |
1918 |
1918 |
Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften |
1 |
1011 |
1011 |
PeerJ |
1 |
1050 |
1050 |
SAGE Publications |
1 |
279 |
279 |
Scientific & Academic Publishing |
1 |
140 |
140 |
The Royal Society |
1 |
1285 |
1285 |
Ubiquity Press, Ltd. |
1 |
401 |
401 |
Walter de Gruyter GmbH |
1 |
238 |
238 |
Overview
With the recent contributions included, the overall APC data for Bielefeld University now looks as follows:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)

Average costs per year (in EURO)

Average costs per publisher (in EURO)

28 Mar 2019
The University of Würzburg has updated its APC expenditures, the latest contribution provides data for the 2018 period.
Würzburg 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 Kristina Hanig.
Cost data
The new dataset covers publication fees for 127 articles. Total expenditure amounts to 202 719€ and the average fee is 1 596€.
The following table shows the payments Würzburg University Library has made to publishers in 2018.
|
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
Springer Nature |
54 |
90334 |
1673 |
Frontiers Media SA |
18 |
32248 |
1792 |
Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
13 |
21745 |
1673 |
MDPI AG |
9 |
11104 |
1234 |
Elsevier BV |
5 |
3777 |
755 |
Hindawi Publishing Corporation |
4 |
6604 |
1651 |
Dove Medical Press Ltd. |
3 |
6371 |
2124 |
Oxford University Press (OUP) |
3 |
4929 |
1643 |
PeerJ |
3 |
2823 |
941 |
American Society for Microbiology |
2 |
4609 |
2305 |
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) |
2 |
3668 |
1834 |
Wiley-Blackwell |
2 |
1083 |
541 |
Acta Dermato-Venereologica |
1 |
1666 |
1666 |
American Chemical Society (ACS) |
1 |
749 |
749 |
Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
1 |
1804 |
1804 |
Ivyspring International Publisher |
1 |
2142 |
2142 |
JMIR Publications Inc. |
1 |
2063 |
2063 |
Life Science Alliance, LLC |
1 |
2290 |
2290 |
Science and Education Publishing Co., Ltd. |
1 |
103 |
103 |
Scientific Research Publishing, Inc, |
1 |
822 |
822 |
Walter de Gruyter GmbH |
1 |
1785 |
1785 |
Overview
With the recent contribution included, the overall APC data for the University of Würzburg now looks as follows:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)

Average costs per year (in EURO)

Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
