15 Dec 2023
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 German Institute of Human Nutrition (DIfE) had agreed to share the data with OpenAPC as well. This data has now been transferred and integrated, making the institution participate in OpenAPC for the first time.
Cost data
The initial data set provided by DIfE covers publication fees for 22 articles, total expenditure amounts to 65,378€ and the average fee is 2,972€.
| |
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
| MDPI AG |
12 |
33892 |
2824 |
| Springer Nature |
5 |
15629 |
3126 |
| Frontiers Media SA |
3 |
9573 |
3191 |
| Life Science Alliance, LLC |
1 |
3570 |
3570 |
| Wiley-Blackwell |
1 |
2713 |
2713 |
Overview
A detailed analysis of the contributed data provides the following overview:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)
Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
15 Dec 2023
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 Technische Universität Dresden had agreed to share the data with OpenAPC as well. This data has now been transferred and integrated.
The Saxon State and University Library Dresden (SLUB) is in charge of the Open Access Publication Funds of the TU Dresden, which received support by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) under its Open-Access Publishing Programme until 2021.
Contact person is Michael Wohlgemuth.
Cost data
The new data set covers publication fees for 146 articles, total expenditure amounts to 376 289€ and the average fee is 2 577€.
The following table shows the payments the SLUB has made to publishers in 2022.
| |
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
| Springer Nature |
91 |
229565 |
2523 |
| Wiley-Blackwell |
12 |
36319 |
3027 |
| MDPI AG |
11 |
23981 |
2180 |
| Frontiers Media SA |
10 |
35810 |
3581 |
| Elsevier BV |
5 |
8902 |
1780 |
| Oxford University Press (OUP) |
3 |
10008 |
3336 |
| Informa UK Limited |
2 |
2921 |
1461 |
| Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) |
2 |
3903 |
1952 |
| American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) |
1 |
2745 |
2745 |
| American Chemical Society (ACS) |
1 |
1934 |
1934 |
| American Physical Society (APS) |
1 |
2492 |
2492 |
| eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd |
1 |
3484 |
3484 |
| EMBO |
1 |
4570 |
4570 |
| German Society for Quality Research on Plant Foods (DGQ) |
1 |
400 |
400 |
| JMIR Publications Inc. |
1 |
3302 |
3302 |
| Life Science Alliance, LLC |
1 |
3943 |
3943 |
| PeerJ |
1 |
1568 |
1568 |
| Pensoft Publishers |
1 |
440 |
440 |
Overview
With the recent contribution included, the overall APC data for the TU Dresden now looks as follows:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)
Average costs per year (in EURO)
Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
15 Dec 2023
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 UFZ (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research) had agreed to share the data with OpenAPC as well. This data has now been transferred and integrated.
The UFZ Library manages the institute’s expenditures for Open Access publishing.
Contact person is Ilka Rudolf.
Cost data
The new data set covers publication fees for 166 articles. Total expenditure amounts to 332 026€ and the average fee is 2 000€.
The following table shows the payments the UFZ has made to publishers in 2022.
| |
Articles |
Fees paid in EURO |
Mean Fee paid |
| MDPI AG |
44 |
71650 |
1628 |
| Frontiers Media SA |
32 |
67105 |
2097 |
| Elsevier BV |
29 |
77822 |
2684 |
| Springer Nature |
17 |
36361 |
2139 |
| Copernicus GmbH |
11 |
16899 |
1536 |
| Wiley-Blackwell |
9 |
13857 |
1540 |
| IOP Publishing |
4 |
7056 |
1764 |
| Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
4 |
7441 |
1860 |
| American Geophysical Union (AGU) |
3 |
3855 |
1285 |
| Informa UK Limited |
3 |
6821 |
2274 |
| American Chemical Society (ACS) |
2 |
5429 |
2714 |
| American Society for Microbiology |
2 |
7516 |
3758 |
| Resilience Alliance, Inc. |
2 |
2142 |
1071 |
| Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation |
1 |
250 |
250 |
| Oxford University Press (OUP) |
1 |
3275 |
3275 |
| Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |
1 |
2443 |
2443 |
| World Scientific Pub Co Pte Ltd |
1 |
2105 |
2105 |
Overview
With the recent contribution included, the overall APC data for the UFZ now looks as follows:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)
Average costs per year (in EURO)
Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
