12 Feb 2019
We welcome the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin as new contributing institution!
The Charité Medical Library is in charge of the institution’s Open Access Publication Funds,
which is receiving support by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) under its Open-Access Publishing Programme.
Contact Person is Steffi Grimm.
Cost data
The initial data set provided by the Charité Medical Library covers publication fees for 232 articles published in 2018. Total expenditure amounts to 381 125€ and the average fee is 1 643€.
|
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
Frontiers Media SA |
72 |
132198 |
1836 |
Springer Nature |
50 |
81537 |
1631 |
Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
36 |
54761 |
1521 |
MDPI AG |
17 |
25091 |
1476 |
BMJ |
10 |
16169 |
1617 |
Wiley-Blackwell |
7 |
12009 |
1716 |
Elsevier BV |
6 |
10236 |
1706 |
Hindawi Publishing Corporation |
6 |
8092 |
1349 |
Dove Medical Press Ltd. |
4 |
7468 |
1867 |
Ivyspring International Publisher |
3 |
3296 |
1099 |
SAGE Publications |
3 |
2816 |
939 |
American Society for Microbiology |
2 |
3421 |
1711 |
Impact Journals, LLC |
2 |
4083 |
2042 |
JMIR Publications Inc. |
2 |
3312 |
1656 |
Oxford University Press (OUP) |
2 |
3427 |
1714 |
S. Karger AG |
2 |
2812 |
1406 |
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) |
1 |
1929 |
1929 |
eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd |
1 |
1916 |
1916 |
Informa UK Limited |
1 |
1919 |
1919 |
International Scientific Information, Inc. |
1 |
1002 |
1002 |
Optical Society of America (OSA) |
1 |
1703 |
1703 |
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) |
1 |
505 |
505 |
Pan African Medical Journal |
1 |
184 |
184 |
PeerJ |
1 |
1237 |
1237 |
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)

Average costs per publisher (in EURO)

07 Feb 2019
The GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies has updated its APC expenditures, the latest contribution provides data for the 2018 period.
The GIGA Information Centre manages the institution’s APC expenditures in accordance with the GIGA Open Access Guidelines.
Contact Person is Jan Lüth.
Cost data
The new dataset covers publication fees for 8 articles. Total expenditure amounts to 21 488€ and the average fee is 2 686€.
The following table shows the payments the GIGA Information Centre has made to publishers in 2018.
|
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
2 |
4754 |
2377 |
Elsevier BV |
2 |
4987 |
2494 |
Oxford University Press (OUP) |
2 |
6094 |
3047 |
Project Muse |
1 |
2666 |
2666 |
SAGE Publications |
1 |
2987 |
2987 |
Overview
With the recent contribution included, the overall APC data for the GIGA now looks as follows:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)

Average costs per year (in EURO)

Average costs per publisher (in EURO)

05 Feb 2019
The JGU Mainz has updated its APC expenditures, the latest contribution provides data for the 2018 period.
Mainz University Library is in charge of the institution’s Open Access Publication Funds,
which is supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) under its Open-Access Publishing Programme.
Contact person is Karin Eckert.
Cost data
The new dataset covers publication fees for 79 articles. Total expenditure amounts to 121 125€ and the average fee is 1 533€.
The following table shows the payments Mainz University Library has made to publishers in 2018.
|
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
Frontiers Media SA |
21 |
35961 |
1712 |
Springer Nature |
18 |
28968 |
1609 |
MDPI AG |
9 |
12089 |
1343 |
Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
8 |
11853 |
1482 |
Copernicus GmbH |
4 |
6551 |
1638 |
Kernel Press UG (haftungsbeschrankt) |
4 |
1600 |
400 |
Elsevier BV |
3 |
4585 |
1528 |
BMJ |
2 |
3236 |
1618 |
JMIR Publications Inc. |
2 |
3895 |
1947 |
BioScientifica |
1 |
1409 |
1409 |
Hindawi Publishing Corporation |
1 |
1488 |
1488 |
IOP Publishing |
1 |
1404 |
1404 |
Oxford University Press (OUP) |
1 |
1741 |
1741 |
Pensoft Publishers |
1 |
1782 |
1782 |
S. Karger AG |
1 |
1210 |
1210 |
The Company of Biologists |
1 |
1532 |
1532 |
Wiley-Blackwell |
1 |
1821 |
1821 |
Overview
With the recent contribution included, the overall APC data for Mainz now looks as follows:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)

Average costs per year (in EURO)

Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
