University of Wuppertal joins OpenAPC
13 Dec 2023The 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 Bergische Universität Wuppertal had agreed to share the data with OpenAPC as well. This data has now been transferred and integrated, making the university participate in OpenAPC for the first time.
Contact person for Wuppertal is Dr. Christian Schäffer.
Cost data
The initial data set provided by the Bergische Universität Wuppertal covers publication fees for 29 articles, total expenditure amounts to 57,403€ and the average fee is 1,979€.
| Articles | Fees paid in EURO | Mean Fee paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MDPI AG | 9 | 15721 | 1747 |
| Springer Nature | 8 | 13011 | 1626 |
| Frontiers Media SA | 7 | 18154 | 2593 |
| Copernicus GmbH | 1 | 2657 | 2657 |
| JMIR Publications Inc. | 1 | 2313 | 2313 |
| Public Library of Science (PLoS) | 1 | 1859 | 1859 |
| Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health | 1 | 2737 | 2737 |
| Wiley-Blackwell | 1 | 952 | 952 |
Overview
A detailed analysis of the contributed data provides the following overview:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)
Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
