12 Jan 2024
The Forschungszentrum Jülich collects publication cost data from German institutions as part of the DFG programme “Open Access Publication Funding”.
When reporting their publication costs, the University of Konstanz had agreed to share the data with OpenAPC as well. This data has now been transferred and integrated.
The Communication, Information, Media Centre (KIM) is in charge of the University’s Open Access Publishing Fund, which receives support under the DFG’s Open Access Publication Funding Programme.
Contact person is Andreas Kirchner.
Cost data
The new data set covers publication fees for 93 articles, total expenditure amounts to 202,543€ and the average fee is 2,178€.
The following table provides an overview. Please note that BPCs are not included in this list, as they are aggregated in OpenAPC’s BPC dataset.
| |
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
| Frontiers Media SA |
26 |
61071 |
2349 |
| Springer Nature |
14 |
31314 |
2237 |
| MDPI AG |
10 |
20889 |
2089 |
| Wiley-Blackwell |
9 |
20923 |
2325 |
| Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
5 |
9993 |
1999 |
| Walter de Gruyter GmbH |
5 |
8925 |
1785 |
| American Physical Society (APS) |
4 |
9191 |
2298 |
| Elsevier BV |
4 |
10912 |
2728 |
| Oxford University Press (OUP) |
2 |
5940 |
2970 |
| The Royal Society |
2 |
3326 |
1663 |
| AIP Publishing |
1 |
1653 |
1653 |
| American Society for Microbiology |
1 |
1284 |
1284 |
| BMJ |
1 |
2143 |
2143 |
| Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
1 |
2006 |
2006 |
| eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd |
1 |
3395 |
3395 |
| Hindawi Publishing Corporation |
1 |
2362 |
2362 |
| Informa UK Limited |
1 |
1261 |
1261 |
| Japanese Society of Microbial Ecology |
1 |
1150 |
1150 |
| JMIR Publications Inc. |
1 |
2330 |
2330 |
| Pensoft Publishers |
1 |
910 |
910 |
| Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) |
1 |
1208 |
1208 |
| SAGE Publications |
1 |
355 |
355 |
Overview
With the recent contribution included, the overall APC data for Konstanz now looks as follows:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)
Average costs per year (in EURO)
Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
12 Jan 2024
The Forschungszentrum Jülich collects publication cost data from German institutions as part of the DFG programme “Open Access Publication Funding”.
When reporting their publication costs, the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel had agreed to share the data with OpenAPC as well. This data has now been transferred and integrated.
Kiel University Library is in charge of the University’s Open Access Publishing Fund, which receives support by the DFG under its Open Access Publication Funding Programme.
Contact person is Dr. Eike Hentschel.
Cost data
The new data set covers publication fees for 178 articles. Total expenditure amounts to 357 259€ and the average fee is 2 007€.
The following table provides an overview.
| |
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
| MDPI AG |
117 |
229824 |
1964 |
| Frontiers Media SA |
24 |
57055 |
2377 |
| Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
7 |
12531 |
1790 |
| Elsevier BV |
6 |
10575 |
1762 |
| Copernicus GmbH |
3 |
6351 |
2117 |
| Oxford University Press (OUP) |
3 |
3113 |
1038 |
| Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
3 |
5868 |
1956 |
| American Society for Microbiology |
2 |
3502 |
1751 |
| Pensoft Publishers |
2 |
3268 |
1634 |
| American Medical Association (AMA) |
1 |
3527 |
3527 |
| American Physical Society (APS) |
1 |
2725 |
2725 |
| Cogitatio |
1 |
1130 |
1130 |
| Colorado State University |
1 |
2172 |
2172 |
| eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd |
1 |
1976 |
1976 |
| Hindawi Publishing Corporation |
1 |
2685 |
2685 |
| IMR Press |
1 |
1643 |
1643 |
| International Scientific Information, Inc. |
1 |
2633 |
2633 |
| Optica Publishing Group |
1 |
2234 |
2234 |
| Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) |
1 |
1175 |
1175 |
| S. Karger AG |
1 |
3272 |
3272 |
Overview
With the recent contribution included, the overall APC data for the University of Kiel now looks as follows:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)
Average costs per year (in EURO)
Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
12 Jan 2024
The Forschungszentrum Jülich collects publication cost data from German institutions as part of the DFG programme “Open Access Publication Funding”.
When reporting their publication costs, the University of Kassel had agreed to share the data with OpenAPC as well. This data has now been transferred and integrated.
Kassel University Library is in charge of the institution’s Open Access Publication Funds,
which receives support by the DFG under its Open Access Publication Funding Programme.
Contact person is Dr. Tobias Pohlmann.
Cost data
The new data set covers publication fees for 94 articles, total expenditure amounts to 170 776€ and the average fee is 1 817€.
The following table provides an overview.
| |
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
| MDPI AG |
53 |
103100 |
1945 |
| Frontiers Media SA |
17 |
35641 |
2097 |
| Springer Nature |
5 |
9931 |
1986 |
| Cogitatio |
4 |
3808 |
952 |
| Elsevier BV |
2 |
4403 |
2202 |
| Walter de Gruyter GmbH |
2 |
2142 |
1071 |
| American Chemical Society (ACS) |
1 |
1489 |
1489 |
| American Dairy Science Association |
1 |
1040 |
1040 |
| Copernicus GmbH |
1 |
414 |
414 |
| Informa UK Limited |
1 |
839 |
839 |
| Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
1 |
1405 |
1405 |
| Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) |
1 |
1999 |
1999 |
| Palermo University Press |
1 |
350 |
350 |
| Pensoft Publishers |
1 |
774 |
774 |
| Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
1 |
2184 |
2184 |
| sub\urban e.V. |
1 |
700 |
700 |
| Ubiquity Press, Ltd. |
1 |
557 |
557 |
Overview
With the recent contribution included, the overall APC data for Kassel now looks as follows:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)
Average costs per year (in EURO)
Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
