University of Zurich reports 2014 to 2021 BPC expenditures


The University of Zurich has reported BPC expenditures for the first time, the contribution provides data for the 2014 to 2021 period.

The Zurich University Main Library is in charge of the University’s Open Access Publishing Fund, which also supports publishing of OA monographs.

Contact person is André Hoffmann.

Cost data

The data set covers publication fees for 16 books. Total expenditure amounts to 59,356€ and the average fee is 3,710€.

The following tables and plots provide an overview of the payments Mainz University Library has made to book publishers from 2014 to 2021.

  Articles Fees paid in EURO Mean Fee paid
EIZ Publishing 2 5235 2617
Schwabe Verlag 2 13519 6759
TVZ Theologischer Verlag Zürich 2 7894 3947
Carl Grossmann 1 4370 4370
Iudicium 1 1650 1650
Language Science Press 1 1000 1000
Mohr Siebeck 1 2562 2562
Peter Lang 1 1663 1663
Routledge 1 6970 6970
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 1 3454 3454
transcript Verlag 1 6804 6804
Waxmann Verlag 1 2000 2000
wbg Academic 1 2234 2234

Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)

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Average costs per year (in EURO)

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Average costs per publisher (in EURO)

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