Justus Liebig University Giessen has updated its APC expenditures. The latest contribution provides data for the 2015 and 2016 periods.
The JLU University Library is in charge of the University’s Open Access Publishing Fund, which is supported by the DFG under its Open-Access Publishing Programme.
Contact person is Florian Ruckelshausen.
Cost Data
The first new dataset extends Giessen’s contribution for the last year to 77 articles. Total 2015 expenditure amounts to 106 461€ and the average fee is 1 383€.
The following table shows the payments the JLU University Library has made to publishers in 2015.
| Articles | Fees paid in EURO | Mean Fee paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springer Nature | 27 | 40052 | 1483 |
| Public Library of Science (PLoS) | 13 | 19005 | 1462 |
| Frontiers Media SA | 13 | 17341 | 1334 |
| Copernicus GmbH | 6 | 6683 | 1114 |
| Wiley-Blackwell | 4 | 7252 | 1813 |
| Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) | 4 | 9274 | 2318 |
| Canadian Center of Science and Education | 2 | 559 | 280 |
| Annex Publishers, LLC | 2 | 1539 | 770 |
| Symbiosis Group | 1 | 861 | 861 |
| SAGE Publications | 1 | 725 | 725 |
| PAGEPress Publications | 1 | 892 | 892 |
| Impact Journals, LLC | 1 | 1537 | 1537 |
| German Society for Quality Research on Plant Foods (DGQ) | 1 | 100 | 100 |
| Elsevier BV | 1 | 640 | 640 |
The second new dataset covers publication fees for 25 articles, which the fund covered in 2016 so far. Total expenditure amounts to 35 335€ and the average fee is 1 413€.
The following table shows the payments the JLU University Library has made to publishers in 2016.
| Articles | Fees paid in EURO | Mean Fee paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springer Nature | 8 | 12448 | 1556 |
| Public Library of Science (PLoS) | 4 | 5864 | 1466 |
| Hindawi Publishing Corporation | 4 | 5550 | 1387 |
| Frontiers Media SA | 4 | 7134 | 1784 |
| Scientific Research Publishing, Inc, | 1 | 660 | 660 |
| IOP Publishing | 1 | 1856 | 1856 |
| International Mountain Society (IMS) and United Nations University | 1 | 617 | 617 |
| German Society for Quality Research on Plant Foods (DGQ) | 1 | 100 | 100 |
| Copernicus GmbH | 1 | 1107 | 1107 |
Overview
With the recent contributions included, the overall APC data for JLU Giessen now looks as follows:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)
Average costs per year (in EURO)
Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
