Lib4RI (Library for the Research Institutes within the ETH Domain) has updated its APC expenditures, the latest contribution provides data for the 2021 period.
Lib4RI provides APC data for four institutes: Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology), Empa (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology), PSI (Paul Scherrer Institute) and WSL (Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research).
Contact persons are Jochen Bihn and Sarah Last.
Cost data
The new data set covers publication fees for 55 articles published at Empa, Eawag, WSL and PSI in 2021. Total expenditure amounts to 97,721€ and the average fee is 1,777€. 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 | 20 | 29508 | 1475 |
| Copernicus GmbH | 1 | 1410 | 1410 |
| EDP Sciences | 1 | 108 | 108 |
| Frontiers Media SA | 1 | 2784 | 2784 |
| Springer Nature | 1 | 1820 | 1820 |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frontiers Media SA | 3 | 5785 | 1928 |
| Springer Nature | 3 | 6554 | 2185 |
| American Geophysical Union (AGU) | 1 | 1415 | 1415 |
| Copernicus GmbH | 1 | 2003 | 2003 |
| MDPI AG | 1 | 1509 | 1509 |
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)
Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
PSI - Paul Scherrer Institute
| Articles | Fees paid in EURO | Mean Fee paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copernicus GmbH | 2 | 4607 | 2304 |
| MDPI AG | 2 | 3219 | 1610 |
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)
Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
WSL - Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
| Articles | Fees paid in EURO | Mean Fee paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frontiers Media SA | 7 | 16651 | 2379 |
| MDPI AG | 3 | 4457 | 1486 |
| Copernicus GmbH | 2 | 4207 | 2103 |
| Wiley-Blackwell | 2 | 4418 | 2209 |
| American Geophysical Union (AGU) | 1 | 1415 | 1415 |
| Cambridge University Press (CUP) | 1 | 1713 | 1713 |
| IOP Publishing | 1 | 1992 | 1992 |
| Springer Nature | 1 | 2143 | 2143 |
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)
Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
