09 Aug 2018
We welcome the Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) as new contributing institution!
The IUPUI University Library operates the University’s Open Access Fund, which underwrites publication fees for articles published in eligible open access journals.
Contact Person is Jere Odell.
Cost data
The initial dataset provided by the IUPUI covers publication fees for 116 articles published from 2013 to 2018. Total expenditure amounts to 169 618€ and the average fee is 1 462€.
|
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
29 |
35053 |
1209 |
Springer Nature |
28 |
49214 |
1758 |
Wiley-Blackwell |
8 |
13515 |
1689 |
Hindawi Publishing Corporation |
7 |
9112 |
1302 |
JMIR Publications Inc. |
7 |
12245 |
1749 |
Elsevier BV |
6 |
12023 |
2004 |
MDPI AG |
6 |
5002 |
834 |
Frontiers Media SA |
5 |
7837 |
1567 |
Dove Medical Press Ltd. |
3 |
5223 |
1741 |
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) |
2 |
3010 |
1505 |
PeerJ |
2 |
1056 |
528 |
Springer Science + Business Media |
2 |
3148 |
1574 |
AIP Publishing |
1 |
1208 |
1208 |
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) |
1 |
2759 |
2759 |
BMJ |
1 |
1490 |
1490 |
Cogitatio |
1 |
905 |
905 |
Georg Thieme Verlag KG |
1 |
1561 |
1561 |
Informa UK Limited |
1 |
417 |
417 |
IOP Publishing |
1 |
1175 |
1175 |
JScholar |
1 |
664 |
664 |
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) |
1 |
1101 |
1101 |
SAGE Publications |
1 |
1623 |
1623 |
Sciedu Press |
1 |
277 |
277 |
Overview
A detailed analysis of the contributed data provides the following overview:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)

Average costs per publisher (in EURO)

07 Aug 2018
The UFZ (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research) has replaced its previous APC data with a new version.
The UFZ Library manages the institute’s expenditures for Open Access publishing.
Contact person is Ilka Rudolf.
About the dataset
The new data set contributed by the UFZ contains information on publication fees paid from 2014 to 2017.
Cost Data
The new data covers publication fees for 98 articles. It replaces 40 existing UFZ entries, leading to a net increase of 58 articles. Total expenditure amounts to 119 123€ and the average fee is 1 216€.
The following table and plots show the payments the UFZ Library has made to publishers from 2014 to 2017.
|
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
Copernicus GmbH |
24 |
27828 |
1160 |
Springer Nature |
22 |
26002 |
1182 |
MDPI AG |
18 |
18112 |
1006 |
Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
12 |
15557 |
1296 |
Frontiers Media SA |
11 |
18234 |
1658 |
Wiley-Blackwell |
11 |
13390 |
1217 |
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)

Average costs per year (in EURO)

Average costs per publisher (in EURO)

06 Aug 2018
The Couperin consortium collects data on APC expenditures from universities and other research institutions in France. Another data delivery has now been made to OpenAPC, containing articles for one more institution.
Contact Persons for Couperin are Valerie Larroque and Sandrine Malotaux.
Cost data
The new data set provided by Couperin covers publication fees for 14 articles published in 2015. Total expenditure amounts to 22 368€ and the average fee is 1 598€.
The data originates from the Université Clermont Auvergne.
|
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
4 |
5400 |
1350 |
Springer Nature |
3 |
7025 |
2342 |
Scientific Research Publishing, Inc, |
2 |
1998 |
999 |
American Society for Microbiology |
1 |
3000 |
3000 |
Dove Medical Press Ltd. |
1 |
1595 |
1595 |
Frontiers Media SA |
1 |
1600 |
1600 |
Hindawi Publishing Corporation |
1 |
1500 |
1500 |
Walter de Gruyter GmbH |
1 |
250 |
250 |
Overview
A detailed analysis of the contributed data provides the following overview:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)

Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
