University of Kassel updates its 2015 expenditures

The University of Kassel has updated its APC expenditures for the year 2015. The University Library is in charge of the Open Access Publication Funds of the university, which is receiving support by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) under its Open-Access Publishing Programme.

Contact person is Dr. Tobias Pohlmann pohlmann@bibliothek.uni-kassel.de.

Cost data for University of Kassel in 2015

With the recent submission, University of Kassel’s APC data for the year 2015 is now complete. 2015 total expenditure amounts to 22 779€ and the average fee is 1 035€.

  Articles Fees paid in EURO Average Fee paid
Animals 1 496 496
Applications in Plant Sciences 2 471 236
EPJ Quantum Technology 1 1129 1129
Foods 1 297 297
Frontiers in Psychology 4 5640 1410
Journal of Nanomaterials 1 1384 1384
Journal of the European Optical Society: Rapid Publications 1 440 440
New Journal of Physics 4 4470 1118
Organic Farming 1 150 150
PLOS ONE 3 4357 1452
Scientific Reports 1 1386 1386
Sustainability 2 2559 1280

Cost data for University of Kassel overall

The data set covers publication fees for 35 Open Access journal articles. Total expenditure was 35 550€ and the average fee paid 1 016€.

Fees paid per publisher (in €)

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Average costs per year (in €)

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University Library of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München releases expenditures for Springer journal articles in 2015

The University Library of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München provides institutional funding for Open Access publications.

Contact person is Andrea Dorner

Cost data

The recent contribution covers publication fees for 51 articles published in Springer journals by LMU Munich researchers, which the University Library covered in 2015. Total expenditure amounts to 81 036€ and the average fee is 1 589€.

The following table shows the distribution over Springer journal titles in 2015.

  Articles Fees paid in EURO Average Fee paid
Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology 1 1661 1661
BMC Bioinformatics 2 3322 1661
BMC Cancer 4 6445 1611
BMC Evolutionary Biology 2 3322 1661
BMC Genetics 1 1595 1595
BMC Genomics 1 1661 1661
BMC Medical Education 3 4917 1639
BMC Medical Research Methodology 1 1661 1661
BMC Molecular Biology 1 1595 1595
BMC Neurology 2 3256 1628
BMC Neuroscience 1 1595 1595
BMC Plant Biology 1 1595 1595
BMC Psychiatry 1 1595 1595
BMC Public Health 1 1661 1661
BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2 3256 1628
BMC Research Notes 1 904 904
BMC Veterinary Research 3 4708 1569
Epigenetics & Chromatin 1 1899 1899
Health Economics Review 1 800 800
Irish Veterinary Journal 1 1409 1409
Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research 1 1495 1495
Journal of Hematology & Oncology 1 2004 2004
Journal of Neuroinflammation 2 3503 1752
Journal of Ovarian Research 1 1409 1409
Lipids in Health and Disease 1 1661 1661
Malaria Journal 1 1542 1542
Mobile DNA 1 1828 1828
Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 2 3660 1830
Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 1 1352 1352
Radiation Oncology 3 4805 1602
The Journal of Headache and Pain 3 4070 1357
Trials 2 3256 1628
Virology Journal 1 1595 1595

Alltogether, the data from LMU Munich now covers publication fees for 365 articles with a total amount of 463 491€ and an average fee of 1 270€.

Average costs per year (in EURO)

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Max Planck Digital Library updates expenditures for articles published in the New Journal of Physics

Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL) provides institutional funding for Open Access publications for researchers affiliated with the Max Planck Society. MPDL makes use of central agreements with Open Access publishers. It has now updated its expenditures for Open Access articles in the New Journal of Physics.

Please note that article processing charges funded locally by Max Planck Institutes are not part of this data set. The Max Planck Society has a limited input tax reduction. The refund of input VAT for APC is 20%.

Cost data

The data set covers publication fees for 522 articles published in the New Journal of Physics by MPG researchers, which MPDL covered from 2006 until 2014. Total expenditure amounts to 497 229€ and the average fee is 953€.

Average costs per year (in EURO)

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