26 Jan 2016
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 €)

Average costs per year (in €)

21 Jan 2016
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)

23 Dec 2015
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)
