ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences has updated its APC expenditures, the latest contribution provides cost data for the 2023 and 2024 periods.
The ZHAW library operates an Open Access publication fund which provides support for Open Access publishing, and kindly provides data on funded articles and books to OpenAPC.
Contact Person is Cara Kirschner.
Cost Data
The new APC data set covers publication fees for 51 articles, total expenditure amounts to 96 528€ and the average fee is 1 893€. The contribution also contains BPC data for 1 OA book which is not shown here.
The following table provides an overview of the new APC data:
| Articles | Fees paid in EURO | Mean Fee paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MDPI AG | 24 | 47402 | 1975 |
| Springer Nature | 8 | 16989 | 2124 |
| Frontiers Media SA | 6 | 11999 | 2000 |
| Pensoft Publishers | 5 | 6500 | 1300 |
| JMIR Publications Inc. | 2 | 3836 | 1918 |
| Copernicus GmbH | 1 | 1327 | 1327 |
| Hindawi Publishing Corporation | 1 | 2372 | 2372 |
| Hogrefe Publishing Group | 1 | 2338 | 2338 |
| Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) | 1 | 1781 | 1781 |
| The Royal Society | 1 | 1400 | 1400 |
| Ubiquity Press, Ltd. | 1 | 584 | 584 |
Overview
With the recent contribution included, the overall APC data for the ZHAW now looks as follows:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)
Average costs per year (in EURO)
Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
