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
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Average costs per publisher
05 Mar 2015
Bamberg University Library is in charge of the central open access fund of the University of Bamberg. The fund covers article processing charges that arise from publishing in peer reviewed Open Access journals.
Dr. Fabian Franke, Head Librarian of Bamberg University Library has agreed to release information on the payments made for Open Access publications at the University of Bamberg. The data set is now available through openapc.github.io as Open Data.
Cost data
The data set covers publication fees for 16 articles paid in 2013 and 2014. Total expenditure was 15 932€ and the average fee paid 996€.
The following table shows the payments made to each publisher including taxes
| |
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
| Frontiers Media SA |
4 |
3840 |
960 |
| Springer Science + Business Media |
3 |
5820 |
1940 |
| Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
2 |
2042 |
1021 |
| Pion Ltd |
2 |
787 |
393 |
| Sciedu Press |
1 |
230 |
230 |
| Lifescience Global |
1 |
182 |
182 |
| JMIR Publications Inc. |
1 |
1570 |
1570 |
| Education & Psychology I+D+i |
1 |
90 |
90 |
| Dove Medical Press Ltd. |
1 |
1372 |
1372 |
Fees paid per publisher
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14 Feb 2015
Leipzig University Library finances the publication of research findings in Open Access journals through its publication fund. The fund is supported by the DFG under its Open-Access Publishing Programme.
Leipzig University Library has joined openapc.github.io and is now sharing its expenditures for publications in Open Access journals.
Contact person is Dr. Astrid Vieler.
Cost data
The dataset covers publication fees for 60 articles, which the fund covered in 2014 and in this year. Total expenditure amounts to 79 603€ and the average fee is 1 327€.
The following table shows the payments Leipzig University Library has made to the publishers (including taxes)
| |
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
| Springer Science + Business Media |
24 |
35975 |
1499 |
| Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
18 |
21546 |
1197 |
| Frontiers Media SA |
5 |
6554 |
1311 |
| Oxford University Press (OUP) |
2 |
3515 |
1758 |
| Hindawi Publishing Corporation |
2 |
2183 |
1091 |
| Wiley-Blackwell |
1 |
1345 |
1345 |
| Thieme Publishing Group |
1 |
976 |
976 |
| S. Karger AG |
1 |
1130 |
1130 |
| Nature Publishing Group |
1 |
1999 |
1999 |
| Medknow |
1 |
379 |
379 |
| MDPI AG |
1 |
411 |
411 |
| Elsevier BV |
1 |
341 |
341 |
| Co-Action Publishing |
1 |
1333 |
1333 |
| AIP Publishing |
1 |
1914 |
1914 |
Fees paid per publisher
Average costs per year
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