14 Jun 2016
We welcome the University of Bremen as new contributing institution! The State and University Library Bremen 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 Benjamin Ahlborn.
About the dataset
The initial dataset contributed by University of Bremen contains information on publication fees paid in 6 years from 2011 to 2016.
Cost Data
The dataset covers publication fees for 264 articles. Total expenditure amounts to 335 873€ and the average fee is 1 272€.
The following table shows the payments University of Bremen has made to publishers (including taxes and discounts).
|
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
Copernicus GmbH |
130 |
158354 |
1218 |
Springer Science + Business Media |
38 |
44687 |
1176 |
Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
31 |
40394 |
1303 |
Frontiers Media SA |
19 |
33582 |
1767 |
Springer Nature |
13 |
19424 |
1494 |
MDPI AG |
11 |
17248 |
1568 |
Hindawi Publishing Corporation |
4 |
3218 |
804 |
International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) |
3 |
1795 |
598 |
American Physical Society (APS) |
2 |
3108 |
1554 |
Informa UK Limited |
2 |
1869 |
935 |
Wiley-Blackwell |
2 |
3020 |
1510 |
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) |
1 |
1548 |
1548 |
BMJ |
1 |
2320 |
2320 |
IOP Publishing |
1 |
1285 |
1285 |
Jacobs Publishers |
1 |
217 |
217 |
OMICS Publishing Group |
1 |
681 |
681 |
Optical Society of America (OSA) |
1 |
1308 |
1308 |
Oxford University Press (OUP) |
1 |
789 |
789 |
SAGE Publications |
1 |
575 |
575 |
Scientific Research Publishing, Inc, |
1 |
450 |
450 |
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)

Average costs per year (in EURO)

Average costs per publisher (in EURO)

09 Jun 2016
The Technische Universität Dortmund has updated its APC expenditures. The latest contribution provides data for the 2015 period.
Dortmund University Library is in charge of the University’s Open Access Publishing Fund.
Contact person is Dr. Kathrin Höhner.
Cost Data
The new dataset covers publication fees for 20 articles, which the fund covered in 2015 so far. Total expenditure amounts to 19 754€ and the average fee is 988€.
The following table shows the payments Dortmund University Library has made to publishers in 2015.
|
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
Elsevier BV |
1 |
1581 |
1581 |
Frontiers Media SA |
4 |
6245 |
1561 |
International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) |
10 |
1747 |
175 |
MDPI AG |
3 |
4135 |
1378 |
Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
1 |
1642 |
1642 |
Springer Nature |
1 |
4403 |
4403 |
Overview
With the recent contributions included, the overall APC data for TU Dortmund now looks as follows:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)

Average costs per year (in EURO)

Average costs per publisher (in EURO)

25 May 2016
Justus Liebig University Giessen has updated its APC expenditures. The latest contribution provides data for the 2015 and 2016 periods.
The JLU 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 Florian Ruckelshausen.
Cost Data
The first new dataset extends Giessen’s contribution for the last year to 77 articles. Total 2015 expenditure amounts to 106 461€ and the average fee is 1 383€.
The following table shows the payments the JLU University Library has made to publishers in 2015.
|
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
Springer Nature |
27 |
40052 |
1483 |
Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
13 |
19005 |
1462 |
Frontiers Media SA |
13 |
17341 |
1334 |
Copernicus GmbH |
6 |
6683 |
1114 |
Wiley-Blackwell |
4 |
7252 |
1813 |
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) |
4 |
9274 |
2318 |
Canadian Center of Science and Education |
2 |
559 |
280 |
Annex Publishers, LLC |
2 |
1539 |
770 |
Symbiosis Group |
1 |
861 |
861 |
SAGE Publications |
1 |
725 |
725 |
PAGEPress Publications |
1 |
892 |
892 |
Impact Journals, LLC |
1 |
1537 |
1537 |
German Society for Quality Research on Plant Foods (DGQ) |
1 |
100 |
100 |
Elsevier BV |
1 |
640 |
640 |
The second new dataset covers publication fees for 25 articles, which the fund covered in 2016 so far. Total expenditure amounts to 35 335€ and the average fee is 1 413€.
The following table shows the payments the JLU University Library has made to publishers in 2016.
|
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
Springer Nature |
8 |
12448 |
1556 |
Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
4 |
5864 |
1466 |
Hindawi Publishing Corporation |
4 |
5550 |
1387 |
Frontiers Media SA |
4 |
7134 |
1784 |
Scientific Research Publishing, Inc, |
1 |
660 |
660 |
IOP Publishing |
1 |
1856 |
1856 |
International Mountain Society (IMS) and United Nations University |
1 |
617 |
617 |
German Society for Quality Research on Plant Foods (DGQ) |
1 |
100 |
100 |
Copernicus GmbH |
1 |
1107 |
1107 |
Overview
With the recent contributions included, the overall APC data for JLU Giessen now looks as follows:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)

Average costs per year (in EURO)

Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
