The UFZ (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research) has replaced its previous APC data with a new version.
The UFZ Library manages the institute’s expenditures for Open Access publishing.
Contact person is Ilka Rudolf.
About the dataset
The new data set contributed by the UFZ contains information on publication fees paid from 2014 to 2017.
Cost Data
The new data covers publication fees for 98 articles. It replaces 40 existing UFZ entries, leading to a net increase of 58 articles. Total expenditure amounts to 119 123€ and the average fee is 1 216€.
The following table and plots show the payments the UFZ Library has made to publishers from 2014 to 2017.
| Articles | Fees paid in EURO | Mean Fee paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copernicus GmbH | 24 | 27828 | 1160 |
| Springer Nature | 22 | 26002 | 1182 |
| MDPI AG | 18 | 18112 | 1006 |
| Public Library of Science (PLoS) | 12 | 15557 | 1296 |
| Frontiers Media SA | 11 | 18234 | 1658 |
| Wiley-Blackwell | 11 | 13390 | 1217 |
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)
Average costs per year (in EURO)
Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
