13 Mar 2015
The University Library of Free University Berlin has joined openapc.github.io and is now sharing its expenditures for publications in Open Access journals. The library is in charge of the central publication fund at Free University Berlin, which is supported by the DFG under its Open-Access Publishing Programme.
Contact person is Birgit Schlegel.
Cost data
The dataset covers publication fees for 45 articles, which the fund covered in 2014. Total expenditure amounts to 56 074€ and the average fee is 1 246€.
The following table shows the payments the University Library of Free University Berlin has made to the publishers (including taxes)
| |
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
| Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
13 |
16332 |
1256 |
| Springer Science + Business Media |
9 |
12761 |
1418 |
| Frontiers Media SA |
9 |
11678 |
1298 |
| MDPI AG |
3 |
3543 |
1181 |
| Scientific Research Publishing, Inc, |
2 |
888 |
444 |
| Wiley-Blackwell |
1 |
1585 |
1585 |
| Society for Neuroscience |
1 |
1500 |
1500 |
| Schweizerbart |
1 |
1568 |
1568 |
| Copernicus GmbH |
1 |
1114 |
1114 |
| Co-Action Publishing |
1 |
900 |
900 |
| Canadian Center of Science and Education |
1 |
960 |
960 |
| Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
1 |
1401 |
1401 |
| American Mathematical Society (AMS) |
1 |
668 |
668 |
| AIP Publishing |
1 |
1177 |
1177 |
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)
Average costs per year (in EURO)
Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
12 Mar 2015
Duisburg-Essen University Library has updated its spreadsheet for 2014. The library is in charge of the central publication fund at University Duisburg-Essen, which is supported by the DFG under its Open-Access Publishing Programme.
Contact persons are Frank Lützenkirchen and Katrin Falkenstein-Feldhoff.
Cost data
The dataset covers publication fees for 114 articles, which the fund covered in 2013 and 2014. Total expenditure amounts to 130 989€ and the average fee is 1 149€.
The following table shows the payments the University Library of Duisburg-Essen University Library has made to the publishers (including taxes)
| |
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
| Springer Science + Business Media |
58 |
65934 |
1137 |
| Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
30 |
37101 |
1237 |
| Frontiers Media SA |
4 |
4846 |
1212 |
| IOP Publishing |
3 |
2678 |
893 |
| Hindawi Publishing Corporation |
3 |
2851 |
950 |
| Nature Publishing Group |
2 |
2235 |
1118 |
| MDPI AG |
2 |
2878 |
1439 |
| Elsevier BV |
2 |
2537 |
1268 |
| Wiley-Blackwell |
1 |
1803 |
1803 |
| Univ. of Buckingham Pr. |
1 |
909 |
909 |
| Thieme Publishing Group |
1 |
762 |
762 |
| Sciedu Press |
1 |
243 |
243 |
| Oxford University Press (OUP) |
1 |
1982 |
1982 |
| JMIR Publications Inc. |
1 |
1118 |
1118 |
| International Scientific Literature |
1 |
385 |
385 |
| Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
1 |
1283 |
1283 |
| Amsterdam University Press |
1 |
238 |
238 |
| AIP Publishing |
1 |
1206 |
1206 |
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)
Average costs per year (in EURO)
Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
06 Mar 2015
The Library Wissenschaftspark Albert Einstein has joined openapc.github.io and is sharing its expenditures for Open Access publications in peer-reviewed journals.
Contact person is Roland Bertelmann, Head of Library and Information Services LIS.
Cost data
The data set covers publication fees for 60 articles paid in 2013 and 2014. Total expenditure was 69 625€ and the average fee paid 1 160€.
The following table shows the payments made to publishers (including taxes)
| |
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
| Copernicus GmbH |
36 |
36717 |
1020 |
| MDPI AG |
15 |
16004 |
1067 |
| Nature Publishing Group |
4 |
8915 |
2229 |
| Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
2 |
2372 |
1186 |
| Frontiers Media SA |
2 |
3427 |
1714 |
| Elsevier BV |
1 |
2190 |
2190 |
Fees paid per publisher
Average costs per year
Average costs per publisher
