Lib4RI (Library for the Research Institutes within the ETH Domain) has updated its APC expenditures, the latest contributions provide data for the 2009 to 2016 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 99 articles published at Empa and Eawag from 2009 to 2016. Total expenditure amounts to 149,355€ and the average fee is 1,509€. 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 | 21 | 34493 | 1642 |
| Copernicus GmbH | 15 | 19151 | 1277 |
| MDPI AG | 12 | 17243 | 1437 |
| Hindawi Publishing Corporation | 4 | 4071 | 1018 |
| Optical Society of America (OSA) | 4 | 6812 | 1703 |
| Public Library of Science (PLoS) | 4 | 4622 | 1156 |
| AIP Publishing | 1 | 1110 | 1110 |
| ALTEX Edition | 1 | 2160 | 2160 |
| Informa UK Limited | 1 | 1740 | 1740 |
| Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation | 1 | 1080 | 1080 |
| The Royal Society | 1 | 1802 | 1802 |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Library of Science (PLoS) | 11 | 15195 | 1381 |
| Springer Nature | 9 | 21659 | 2407 |
| Copernicus GmbH | 5 | 5262 | 1052 |
| Wiley-Blackwell | 5 | 7734 | 1547 |
| Frontiers Media SA | 2 | 2904 | 1452 |
| IOP Publishing | 1 | 1563 | 1563 |
| Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre Oy (REABIC) | 1 | 756 | 756 |
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)
Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
