The University of Erfurt has updated its expenditures, the latest contribution provides data on APCs for the 2021 period as well as on BPCs for 2019 -2021.
Erfurt University Library is in charge of the University’s Open Access Publishing Fund, which is supported by the German state of Thüringen (TMWWDG).
Contact person is Martina Schlütter.
Cost Data
The new APC data set covers publication fees for 14 articles, total expenditure amounts to 29 247€ and the average fee is 2 089€.
The following table provides an overview. Please note that BPCs are not included in this list, as they are aggregated in OpenAPC’s BPC dataset.
| Articles | Fees paid in EURO | Mean Fee paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elsevier BV | 4 | 9334 | 2333 |
| Informa UK Limited | 3 | 5475 | 1825 |
| MDPI AG | 3 | 5443 | 1814 |
| BMJ | 1 | 2018 | 2018 |
| Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 1 | 2777 | 2777 |
| Public Library of Science (PLoS) | 1 | 1630 | 1630 |
| SAGE Publications | 1 | 2570 | 2570 |
Overview
With the recent contribution included, the overall APC data for the University of Erfurt now looks as follows:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)
Average costs per year (in EURO)
Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
