Lib4RI (Library for the Research Institutes within the ETH Domain) has updated its APC expenditures, the latest contributions provide data for the 2017 and 2018 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 71 articles published at Empa and Eawag in 2017 and 2018. Total expenditure amounts to 119,219€ and the average fee is 1,679€. 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springer Nature | 10 | 20340 | 2034 |
| Copernicus GmbH | 6 | 9996 | 1666 |
| Public Library of Science (PLoS) | 5 | 7109 | 1422 |
| MDPI AG | 4 | 5595 | 1399 |
| Frontiers Media SA | 3 | 6010 | 2003 |
| Hindawi Publishing Corporation | 2 | 3557 | 1778 |
| Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) | 2 | 1232 | 616 |
| IEEE | 1 | 1516 | 1516 |
| Informa UK Limited | 1 | 2066 | 2066 |
| IOP Publishing | 1 | 1583 | 1583 |
| Optical Society of America (OSA) | 1 | 1511 | 1511 |
| The Royal Society | 1 | 1096 | 1096 |
| Wiley-Blackwell | 1 | 4496 | 4496 |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wiley-Blackwell | 8 | 11237 | 1405 |
| Springer Nature | 7 | 16570 | 2367 |
| MDPI AG | 6 | 7304 | 1217 |
| Public Library of Science (PLoS) | 4 | 4546 | 1137 |
| Copernicus GmbH | 3 | 4368 | 1456 |
| Frontiers Media SA | 2 | 4407 | 2203 |
| ALTEX Edition | 1 | 2160 | 2160 |
| IOP Publishing | 1 | 1583 | 1583 |
| PeerJ | 1 | 937 | 937 |
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)
Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
