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 2012 to 2019.
Cost Data
The new data covers publication fees for 145 articles. It replaces 98 existing UFZ entries, leading to a net increase of 47 articles. Total expenditure amounts to 187 249€ and the average fee is 1 291€.
The following table and plots show the payments the UFZ Library has made to publishers from 2012 to 2019.
| Articles | Fees paid in EURO | Mean Fee paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MDPI AG | 47 | 48380 | 1029 |
| Copernicus GmbH | 40 | 46049 | 1151 |
| Frontiers Media SA | 31 | 56315 | 1817 |
| Public Library of Science (PLoS) | 22 | 28649 | 1302 |
| Wiley-Blackwell | 5 | 7855 | 1571 |
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)
Average costs per year (in EURO)
Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
