Heidelberg University has updated its APC expenditures. The recent contribution contains more APC data for the 2019 period and initial records for 2020.
The University Library Heidelberg is in charge of the University’s Open Access Publishing Fund, which received support under the DFG’s Open Access Publishing Programme until 2019.
Contact person is Dr. Jochen Apel.
Cost data
The new data set covers publication fees for 50 articles. Total expenditure amounts to 81 360€ and the average fee is 1 627€.
| Articles | Fees paid in EURO | Mean Fee paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springer Nature | 19 | 34628 | 1823 |
| MDPI AG | 13 | 17247 | 1327 |
| Frontiers Media SA | 11 | 20959 | 1905 |
| Public Library of Science (PLoS) | 3 | 5153 | 1718 |
| AME Publishing Company | 1 | 1497 | 1497 |
| Anticancer Research USA Inc. | 1 | 332 | 332 |
| Elsevier BV | 1 | 500 | 500 |
| University of California Press | 1 | 1045 | 1045 |
Overview
With the recent contribution included, the overall APC data for Heidelberg now looks as follows:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)
Average costs per year (in EURO)
Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
