The German Aerospace Center (DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt) has updated its APC expenditures, the latest contribution provides data for the 2024 period.
The DLR Library is responsible for compiling data sets on institutional APC expenditures and kindly provides them to OpenAPC.
Contact Person is Martin Wimmer.
Cost data
The new data sets cover publication fees for 301 articles. Total expenditure amounts to 582,823€ and the average fee is 1,936€.
The following table provides an overview:
| Articles | Fees paid in EURO | Mean Fee paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MDPI AG | 65 | 135255 | 2081 |
| Elsevier BV | 43 | 79620 | 1852 |
| Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) | 37 | 63211 | 1708 |
| Copernicus GmbH | 35 | 53231 | 1521 |
| Springer Nature | 31 | 80298 | 2590 |
| American Geophysical Union (AGU) | 15 | 27749 | 1850 |
| Frontiers Media SA | 13 | 21004 | 1616 |
| Wiley-Blackwell | 12 | 27162 | 2264 |
| American Physical Society (APS) | 8 | 18473 | 2309 |
| American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) | 6 | 14186 | 2364 |
| Informa UK Limited | 5 | 9757 | 1951 |
| ASME International | 4 | 5476 | 1369 |
| EDP Sciences | 4 | 3880 | 970 |
| Optica Publishing Group | 3 | 6538 | 2179 |
| AHS International dba Vertical Flight Society | 2 | 3662 | 1831 |
| AIP Publishing | 2 | 4045 | 2023 |
| American Astronomical Society | 2 | 4774 | 2387 |
| American Meteorological Society | 2 | 2400 | 1200 |
| Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) | 2 | 5817 | 2908 |
| Acoustical Society of America (ASA) | 1 | 1106 | 1106 |
| Begell House | 1 | 2672 | 2672 |
| Duncker & Humblot GmbH | 1 | 1605 | 1605 |
| Institute of Navigation | 1 | 1827 | 1827 |
| Mary Ann Liebert Inc | 1 | 3343 | 3343 |
| Public Library of Science (PLoS) | 1 | 2854 | 2854 |
| Schweizerbart | 1 | 818 | 818 |
| Ubiquity Press, Ltd. | 1 | 782 | 782 |
| Verein zur Forderung des Open Access Publizierens in den Quantenwissenschaften | 1 | 450 | 450 |
| Vilnius Gediminas Technical University | 1 | 826 | 826 |
Overview
With the recent contribution included, the overall APC data for the DLR now looks as follows:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)
Average costs per year (in EURO)
Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
