The Couperin consortium collects data on APC expenditures from universities and other research institutions in France. Another data delivery has now been made to OpenAPC, containing articles for one more institution.
Contact Persons for Couperin are Valerie Larroque and Sandrine Malotaux.
Cost data
The new data set provided by Couperin covers publication fees for 14 articles published in 2015. Total expenditure amounts to 22 368€ and the average fee is 1 598€.
The data originates from the Université Clermont Auvergne.
| Articles | Fees paid in EURO | Mean Fee paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Library of Science (PLoS) | 4 | 5400 | 1350 |
| Springer Nature | 3 | 7025 | 2342 |
| Scientific Research Publishing, Inc, | 2 | 1998 | 999 |
| American Society for Microbiology | 1 | 3000 | 3000 |
| Dove Medical Press Ltd. | 1 | 1595 | 1595 |
| Frontiers Media SA | 1 | 1600 | 1600 |
| Hindawi Publishing Corporation | 1 | 1500 | 1500 |
| Walter de Gruyter GmbH | 1 | 250 | 250 |
Overview
A detailed analysis of the contributed data provides the following overview:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)
Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
