26 Feb 2018
Münster University has provided its APC expenditures for the 2017 period.
The Münster 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 since 2014.
Contact person is Viola Voß.
Cost data
The new dataset covers publication fees for 57 articles. Total expenditure amounts to 87 430€ and the average fee is 1 534€.
The following table shows the payments Münster University Library has made to publishers in 2017.
|
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
Springer Nature |
19 |
31084 |
1636 |
Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
10 |
16003 |
1600 |
Frontiers Media SA |
9 |
16236 |
1804 |
Acta Dermato-Venereologica |
2 |
2066 |
1033 |
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) |
2 |
3044 |
1522 |
Elsevier BV |
2 |
2077 |
1039 |
IOP Publishing |
2 |
3249 |
1624 |
MDPI AG |
2 |
3022 |
1511 |
Genetics Society of America |
1 |
1890 |
1890 |
Herald Scholarly Open Access |
1 |
1170 |
1170 |
Hindawi Publishing Corporation |
1 |
1758 |
1758 |
Informa UK Limited |
1 |
744 |
744 |
Joule Inc. |
1 |
1962 |
1962 |
Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften |
1 |
714 |
714 |
PeerJ |
1 |
434 |
434 |
SAGE Publications |
1 |
521 |
521 |
Wiley-Blackwell |
1 |
1457 |
1457 |
Overview
With the recent contribution included, the overall APC data for Münster now looks as follows:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)

Average costs per year (in EURO)

Average costs per publisher (in EURO)

23 Feb 2018
Chemnitz University of Technology has updated its APC expenditures. The latest contribution provides data for the 2017 period.
Chemnitz 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 Ute Blumtritt.
Cost data
The new dataset covers publication fees for 18 articles. Total expenditure amounts to 23 957€ and the average fee is 1 331€.
The following table shows the payments the Chemnitz University Library has made to publishers in 2017.
|
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
MDPI AG |
8 |
8605 |
1076 |
Frontiers Media SA |
5 |
7597 |
1519 |
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) |
1 |
2067 |
2067 |
BMJ |
1 |
1809 |
1809 |
Elsevier BV |
1 |
1250 |
1250 |
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) |
1 |
695 |
695 |
Springer Nature |
1 |
1934 |
1934 |
Overview
With the recent contribution included, the overall APC data for the TU Chemnitz now looks as follows:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)

Average costs per year (in EURO)

Average costs per publisher (in EURO)

23 Feb 2018
The Ruhr Universität Bochum (RUB) has provided its APC expenditures for the 2017 period.
The 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 since 2014.
Contact person is Kathrin Lucht-Roussel.
Cost data
The new dataset covers publication fees for 74 articles. Total expenditure amounts to 116 382€ and the average fee is 1 573€.
The following table shows the payments the RUB has made to publishers in 2017.
|
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
Springer Nature |
22 |
35946 |
1634 |
Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
13 |
19944 |
1534 |
Frontiers Media SA |
12 |
22520 |
1877 |
MDPI AG |
7 |
8033 |
1148 |
National Speleological Society |
6 |
10087 |
1681 |
Elsevier BV |
3 |
1933 |
644 |
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) |
3 |
4622 |
1541 |
BMJ |
1 |
1809 |
1809 |
Dove Medical Press Ltd. |
1 |
1825 |
1825 |
Hindawi Publishing Corporation |
1 |
1981 |
1981 |
IOP Publishing |
1 |
1392 |
1392 |
Optical Society of America (OSA) |
1 |
1955 |
1955 |
Oxford University Press (OUP) |
1 |
1463 |
1463 |
PeerJ |
1 |
1009 |
1009 |
Wiley-Blackwell |
1 |
1862 |
1862 |
Overview
With the recent contribution included, the overall APC data for the RUB now looks as follows:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)

Average costs per year (in EURO)

Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
