ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences has updated its APC expenditures, the latest contribution provides cost data for the 2024 and 2025 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 74 articles, total expenditure amounts to 143 095€ and the average fee is 1 934€. The contribution also contains BPC data for 2 OA books which are not shown here.
The following table provides an overview of the new APC data:
| Articles | Fees paid in EURO | Mean Fee paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frontiers Media SA | 24 | 46895 | 1954 |
| MDPI AG | 24 | 49378 | 2057 |
| Springer Nature | 9 | 21716 | 2413 |
| Pensoft Publishers | 5 | 9120 | 1824 |
| Cogitatio | 2 | 1250 | 625 |
| IWA Publishing | 2 | 5168 | 2584 |
| JMIR Publications Inc. | 2 | 3790 | 1895 |
| AOSIS | 1 | 842 | 842 |
| Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) | 1 | 1362 | 1362 |
| Institute of Navigation | 1 | 966 | 966 |
| International Mountain Society (IMS) and United Nations University | 1 | 759 | 759 |
| LLC CPC Business Perspectives | 1 | 1016 | 1016 |
| The British Blockchain Association | 1 | 832 | 832 |
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)
