New APC data has been harvested from the institutional repository of Saarland University.
The Saarland University and State Library (SULB) decided to make data on APC expenditures directly available in their institutional repository, where it can be harvested by OpenAPC on a regular basis via OAI-PMH.
The SULB is also in charge of the central publication fund at Saarland University, which receives support by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) under its Open-Access Publishing Programme.
Contact person is Ulrich Herb.
Cost data
The new data covers publication fees for 75 articles. Total expenditure amounts to 121,492€ and the average fee is 1,620€.
| Articles | Fees paid in EURO | Mean Fee paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MDPI AG | 33 | 54848 | 1662 |
| Springer Nature | 16 | 28050 | 1753 |
| Frontiers Media SA | 5 | 5993 | 1199 |
| Wiley-Blackwell | 4 | 6281 | 1570 |
| Oxford University Press (OUP) | 3 | 5402 | 1801 |
| Elsevier BV | 2 | 1987 | 994 |
| University of Uludag | 2 | 3570 | 1785 |
| BMJ | 1 | 2067 | 2067 |
| Cell Physiol Biochem Press GmbH and Co KG | 1 | 1740 | 1740 |
| Copernicus GmbH | 1 | 950 | 950 |
| F1000 Research, Ltd. | 1 | 981 | 981 |
| Georg Thieme Verlag KG | 1 | 1972 | 1972 |
| Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) | 1 | 1737 | 1737 |
| JMIR Publications Inc. | 1 | 1905 | 1905 |
| PeerJ | 1 | 1418 | 1418 |
| Public Library of Science (PLoS) | 1 | 1619 | 1619 |
| University of California Press | 1 | 972 | 972 |
Overview
The overall APC data for Saarland University now looks as follows:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)
Average costs per year (in EURO)
Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
