Lib4RI (Library for the Research Institutes within the ETH Domain) has updated its APC expenditures, the latest contribution provides data for the 2020 period.
Lib4RI provides APC data for two institutes: Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology) and Empa (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology).
Contact persons are Jochen Bihn and Sarah Last.
Cost data
The new data set covers publication fees for 48 articles published at Empa and Eawag in 2020. Total expenditure amounts to 80,240€ and the average fee is 1,672€. The following tables and plots provide more details.
Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
| Articles | Fees paid in EURO | Mean Fee paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MDPI AG | 17 | 24050 | 1415 |
| Springer Nature | 5 | 11258 | 2252 |
| Copernicus GmbH | 4 | 6067 | 1517 |
| Elsevier BV | 4 | 7410 | 1852 |
| Frontiers Media SA | 4 | 8400 | 2100 |
| Hindawi Publishing Corporation | 1 | 2076 | 2076 |
| IEEE | 1 | 1569 | 1569 |
| The Royal Society | 1 | 1090 | 1090 |
| Wiley-Blackwell | 1 | 1734 | 1734 |
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)
Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
Eawag - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
| Articles | Fees paid in EURO | Mean Fee paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springer Nature | 3 | 6360 | 2120 |
| Elsevier BV | 2 | 2876 | 1438 |
| Copernicus GmbH | 1 | 1803 | 1803 |
| Pensoft Publishers | 1 | 1133 | 1133 |
| Public Library of Science (PLoS) | 1 | 1505 | 1505 |
| SAGE Publications | 1 | 1358 | 1358 |
| Wiley-Blackwell | 1 | 1551 | 1551 |
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)
Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
