The University of Salzburg has reported new APC expenditures, the latest contribution provides data for the second half of 2025 funded by the university’s publication fund as well as data funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and non-funded publications for the 2025 period.
The University Library Salzburg manages the university’s institutional Open Access Publication Fund.
Contact Person is Paul Gredler.
Cost Data
The new data set covers publication fees for 49 articles. Total expenditure amounts to 120,094€ and the average fee is 2,451€.
The following table provides an overview of the reported APCs (including taxes and discounts).
| Articles | Fees paid in EURO | Mean Fee paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frontiers Media SA | 13 | 35177 | 2706 |
| MDPI AG | 8 | 16707 | 2088 |
| Springer Nature | 8 | 28108 | 3513 |
| Elsevier BV | 4 | 9470 | 2368 |
| Public Library of Science (PLoS) | 3 | 5877 | 1959 |
| Walter de Gruyter GmbH | 3 | 2870 | 957 |
| American Psychological Association (APA) | 2 | 6619 | 3310 |
| Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Verlag | 2 | 3280 | 1640 |
| Bristol University Press | 1 | 1804 | 1804 |
| Copernicus GmbH | 1 | 1008 | 1008 |
| JMIR Publications Inc. | 1 | 3708 | 3708 |
| Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften | 1 | 540 | 540 |
| Society for Neuroscience | 1 | 4241 | 4241 |
| Ubiquity Press, Ltd. | 1 | 685 | 685 |
Overview
With the recent contribution included, the overall APC data for Salzburg now looks as follows:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)
Average costs per year (in EURO)
Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
