The Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (IFW) has updated its APC expenditures, providing data for the second half of 2025.
Contact person for the contributed IFW data is Jana Sonnenstuhl.
Cost data
The new data set covers publication fees for 18 articles. Total expenditure amounts to 50,028€ and the average fee is 2,779€.
The following table provides an overview of the new data:
| Articles | Fees paid in EURO | Mean Fee paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springer Nature | 8 | 30366 | 3796 |
| American Physical Society (APS) | 4 | 8382 | 2095 |
| Wiley-Blackwell | 4 | 8632 | 2158 |
| Elsevier BV | 2 | 2648 | 1324 |
Overview
With the recent contribution included, the overall APC data for the IFW now looks as follows:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)

Average costs per year (in EURO)

Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
