11 Jan 2019
We welcome the Technische Hochschule Wildau as new contributing institution!
Wildau 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 Friederike Borchert.
Cost data
The initial data set provided by Wildau University Library covers publication fees for 4 articles published in 2018. Total expenditure amounts to 3 894€ and the average fee is 974€.
|
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
MDPI AG |
3 |
3453 |
1151 |
Elsevier BV |
1 |
442 |
442 |
Average costs per publisher (in EURO)

10 Jan 2019
The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) has provided additional APC data for the 2017 and 2018 periods.
Within the framework of the SNSF’s OA policy, grantees are required to publish the results of their research in the form of Open Access publications. APC data on those publications is kindly made available to OpenAPC.
Contact Person for the SNSF is Christian Gutknecht.
Cost data
The new data set provided by the SNSF covers publication fees for 135 articles published in 2017 and 2018. Total expenditure amounts to 276 177€ and the average fee is 2 046€.
Overview
A detailed analysis of the contributed data sets provides the following overview:
Breakdown by publisher
|
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
Springer Nature |
39 |
97873 |
2510 |
Elsevier BV |
15 |
38399 |
2560 |
Frontiers Media SA |
14 |
29696 |
2121 |
MDPI AG |
12 |
12410 |
1034 |
Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
12 |
20485 |
1707 |
Copernicus GmbH |
6 |
10943 |
1824 |
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) |
3 |
11053 |
3684 |
BMJ |
3 |
4408 |
1469 |
Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
3 |
4304 |
1435 |
eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd |
3 |
6437 |
2146 |
IOP Publishing |
3 |
5098 |
1699 |
Optical Society of America (OSA) |
3 |
5475 |
1825 |
Oxford University Press (OUP) |
3 |
5525 |
1842 |
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) |
2 |
3245 |
1622 |
Hindawi Publishing Corporation |
2 |
2828 |
1414 |
Wiley-Blackwell |
2 |
2263 |
1131 |
American Chemical Society (ACS) |
1 |
1308 |
1308 |
American Geophysical Union (AGU) |
1 |
1537 |
1537 |
American Physical Society (APS) |
1 |
2580 |
2580 |
American Society for Microbiology |
1 |
2223 |
2223 |
Cogitatio |
1 |
1143 |
1143 |
EMBO |
1 |
3335 |
3335 |
Informa UK Limited |
1 |
507 |
507 |
SAGE Publications |
1 |
619 |
619 |
Schweizerbart |
1 |
801 |
801 |
Society for Neuroscience |
1 |
1683 |
1683 |
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)

Average costs per publisher (in EURO)

09 Jan 2019
The Couperin consortium collects data on APC expenditures from universities and other research institutions in France.
APC expenditures for 3 more institutions have now been made available to OpenAPC, introducing one new participant.
Contact Persons for Couperin are Valerie Larroque and Sandrine Malotaux.
Cost data
The new data set provided by Couperin covers publication fees for 46 articles published in 2017. Total expenditure amounts to 87 672€ and the average fee is 1 906€.
The data originates from the Hospices Civils de Lyon, the Université de Strasbourg, and the Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle.
Overview
A detailed analysis of the contributed data sets provides the following overview:
Breakdown by publisher
|
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
Springer Nature |
11 |
24605 |
2237 |
Frontiers Media SA |
7 |
12884 |
1841 |
Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
7 |
9897 |
1414 |
Elsevier BV |
3 |
6735 |
2245 |
Wiley-Blackwell |
3 |
3957 |
1319 |
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) |
1 |
2932 |
2932 |
American Chemical Society (ACS) |
1 |
1000 |
1000 |
American Geophysical Union (AGU) |
1 |
3600 |
3600 |
American Society for Microbiology |
1 |
3000 |
3000 |
F1000 Research, Ltd. |
1 |
1122 |
1122 |
Genetics Society of America |
1 |
1815 |
1815 |
Georg Thieme Verlag KG |
1 |
548 |
548 |
Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
1 |
1950 |
1950 |
Mary Ann Liebert Inc |
1 |
2523 |
2523 |
MDPI AG |
1 |
1857 |
1857 |
Optical Society of America (OSA) |
1 |
1333 |
1333 |
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) |
1 |
2202 |
2202 |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |
1 |
2480 |
2480 |
Resilience Alliance, Inc. |
1 |
1030 |
1030 |
SAGE Publications |
1 |
2200 |
2200 |
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)

Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
