Hochschule Mainz joins OpenAPC


The Forschungszentrum Jülich collects publication cost data from German institutions as part of the DFG programme “Open Access Publication Funding”.

When reporting their publication costs, the Hochschule Mainz - University of Applied Sciences had agreed to share the data with OpenAPC as well. This data has now been transferred and integrated, making the institution participate in OpenAPC for the first time.

Cost data

The initial data set provided by the HS Mainz covers publication fees for 6 articles, total expenditure amounts to 11,665€ and the average fee is 1,944€.

  Articles Fees paid in EURO Mean Fee paid
MDPI AG 5 9285 1857
Walter de Gruyter GmbH 1 2380 2380

Overview

A detailed analysis of the contributed data provides the following overview:

Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)

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Average costs per publisher (in EURO)

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