University of Augsburg joins OpenAPC
14 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 University of Augsburg 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.
Cost data
The initial data set provided by the University of Augsburg covers publication fees for 29 articles, total expenditure amounts to 67,747€ and the average fee is 2,336€.
| Articles | Fees paid in EURO | Mean Fee paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springer Nature | 15 | 30300 | 2020 |
| Frontiers Media SA | 3 | 7766 | 2589 |
| American Physical Society (APS) | 2 | 5392 | 2696 |
| Informa UK Limited | 2 | 6497 | 3249 |
| Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) | 2 | 4937 | 2469 |
| American Geophysical Union (AGU) | 1 | 1805 | 1805 |
| Mary Ann Liebert Inc | 1 | 4326 | 4326 |
| MDPI AG | 1 | 2683 | 2683 |
| Walter de Gruyter GmbH | 1 | 2380 | 2380 |
| Wiley-Blackwell | 1 | 1660 | 1660 |
Overview
A detailed analysis of the contributed data provides the following overview:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)
Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
