The University Library of Free University Berlin has updated its dataset. The recent contribution provides most of FU Berlin’s APC expenditures for the 2015 period.
The library is in charge of the central publication fund at Free University Berlin, which is supported by the DFG under its Open-Access Publishing Programme.
Contact person is Birgit Schlegel.
Cost Data
The contributed dataset covers publication fees for 59 articles, which the fund covered in 2015 so far. Total expenditure amounts to 83 210€ and the average fee is 1 410€.
The following table shows the payments the University Library of Free University Berlin has made to publishers in 2015.
| Articles | Fees paid in EURO | Mean Fee paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frontiers Media SA | 17 | 23397 | 1376 |
| Public Library of Science (PLoS) | 13 | 18689 | 1438 |
| Springer Science + Business Media | 6 | 10555 | 1759 |
| Nature Publishing Group | 5 | 8551 | 1710 |
| Schweizerbart | 3 | 5374 | 1791 |
| Copernicus GmbH | 3 | 3272 | 1091 |
| Scientific Research Publishing, Inc, | 2 | 1289 | 645 |
| Hindawi Publishing Corporation | 2 | 2305 | 1153 |
| The Korean Society of Veterinary Science (KAMJE) | 1 | 1073 | 1073 |
| PAGEPress Publications | 1 | 892 | 892 |
| MDPI AG | 1 | 1150 | 1150 |
| IOP Publishing | 1 | 1392 | 1392 |
| Inter-Research Science Center | 1 | 1785 | 1785 |
| Elsevier BV | 1 | 1550 | 1550 |
| Cogitatio | 1 | 430 | 430 |
| American Physical Society (APS) | 1 | 1503 | 1503 |
Overview
With the recent contributions included, the overall APC data for Free University Berlin now looks as follows:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)
Average costs per year (in EURO)
Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
