Lib4RI (Library for the Research Institutes within the ETH Domain) collects data on APC expenditures from four Swiss 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).
APC expenditures for the 2022 period have now been made available to OpenAPC.
Contact persons are Jochen Bihn and Sarah Last.
Cost data
The new data set covers publication fees for 110 articles published at Empa, Eawag, WSL and PSI in 2022. Total expenditure amounts to 204,969€ and the average fee is 1,863€. 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 | 34099 | 1705 |
| Frontiers Media SA | 9 | 19711 | 2190 |
| Springer Nature | 4 | 7322 | 1831 |
| Copernicus GmbH | 3 | 5037 | 1679 |
| Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) | 2 | 3081 | 1541 |
| AIP Publishing | 1 | 2643 | 2643 |
| Walter de Gruyter GmbH | 1 | 2774 | 2774 |
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 | 6 | 10419 | 1736 |
| Copernicus GmbH | 3 | 5759 | 1920 |
| Springer Nature | 3 | 6753 | 2251 |
| MDPI AG | 1 | 2164 | 2164 |
| Public Library of Science (PLoS) | 1 | 1826 | 1826 |
| Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre Oy (REABIC) | 1 | 1679 | 1679 |
| Wiley-Blackwell | 1 | 1942 | 1942 |
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)
Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
PSI - Paul Scherrer Institute
| Articles | Fees paid in EURO | Mean Fee paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MDPI AG | 8 | 13376 | 1672 |
| Frontiers Media SA | 4 | 9540 | 2385 |
| Copernicus GmbH | 1 | 651 | 651 |
| IOP Publishing | 1 | 2227 | 2227 |
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 | 11 | 23117 | 2102 |
| Copernicus GmbH | 10 | 17005 | 1700 |
| Wiley-Blackwell | 6 | 12221 | 2037 |
| MDPI AG | 5 | 8051 | 1610 |
| Springer Nature | 3 | 6225 | 2075 |
| Pensoft Publishers | 2 | 2032 | 1016 |
| Public Library of Science (PLoS) | 2 | 3672 | 1836 |
| Canadian Science Publishing | 1 | 1643 | 1643 |
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)
Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
