IGB 2022 APC data integrated
18 Jan 2024The 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 Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) had agreed to share the data with OpenAPC as well. This data has now been transferred and integrated.
The IGB Library manages the institution’s APC expenditures and the IGB publishing fund, established in 2018.
Contact Person is Jana Rumler.
Cost data
The new data set covers publication fees for 20 articles. Total expenditure amounts to 43,789€ and the average fee is 2,189€.
The following table provides an overview:
| Articles | Fees paid in EURO | Mean Fee paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springer Nature | 8 | 25180 | 3148 |
| Wiley-Blackwell | 4 | 6169 | 1542 |
| Copernicus GmbH | 3 | 5196 | 1732 |
| MDPI AG | 3 | 4477 | 1492 |
| Pensoft Publishers | 1 | 728 | 728 |
| The Royal Society | 1 | 2040 | 2040 |
Overview
With the recent contribution included, the overall APC data for the IGB now looks as follows:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)
Average costs per year (in EURO)
Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
