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 |