Lib4RI (Library for the Research Institutes within the ETH Domain) has updated its APC expenditures, the latest contribution provides the remaining 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 98 articles published at Empa, Eawag, WSL and PSI in 2021. Total expenditure amounts to 171,837€ and the average fee is 1,753€. The following tables and plots provide more details, please note that some of these articles had been reported already.
Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
| Articles | Fees paid in EURO | Mean Fee paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MDPI AG | 28 | 39742 | 1419 |
| Frontiers Media SA | 4 | 8870 | 2218 |
| IEEE | 3 | 4782 | 1594 |
| Springer Nature | 3 | 5520 | 1840 |
| Copernicus GmbH | 1 | 1410 | 1410 |
| EDP Sciences | 1 | 108 | 108 |
| Informa UK Limited | 1 | 3367 | 3367 |
| Optical Society of America (OSA) | 1 | 2052 | 2052 |
| Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) | 1 | 940 | 940 |
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 | 5 | 10531 | 2106 |
| Springer Nature | 3 | 6554 | 2185 |
| Copernicus GmbH | 2 | 3726 | 1863 |
| American Geophysical Union (AGU) | 1 | 1415 | 1415 |
| MDPI AG | 1 | 1494 | 1494 |
| Wiley-Blackwell | 1 | 1637 | 1637 |
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 | 4 | 8514 | 2128 |
| MDPI AG | 3 | 4942 | 1647 |
| Cambridge University Press (CUP) | 1 | 2324 | 2324 |
| Springer Nature | 1 | 2418 | 2418 |
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 | 12 | 24588 | 2049 |
| Copernicus GmbH | 6 | 11403 | 1901 |
| MDPI AG | 5 | 7297 | 1459 |
| Wiley-Blackwell | 4 | 8378 | 2095 |
| Springer Nature | 2 | 3330 | 1665 |
| American Geophysical Union (AGU) | 1 | 1415 | 1415 |
| Cambridge University Press (CUP) | 1 | 1653 | 1653 |
| Canadian Science Publishing | 1 | 1435 | 1435 |
| IOP Publishing | 1 | 1992 | 1992 |
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)
Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
