ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences has updated its APC expenditures, the latest contribution provides more cost data for the 2025 period.
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 22 articles, total expenditure amounts to 42 043€ and the average fee is 1 911€. The contribution also contains BPC data for 2 OA books which are not shown here as they are aggregated in OpenAPC’s BPC data set.
The following table provides an overview of the new APC data:
| Articles | Fees paid in EURO | Mean Fee paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springer Nature | 6 | 13066 | 2178 |
| Frontiers Media SA | 5 | 9952 | 1990 |
| MDPI AG | 4 | 7937 | 1984 |
| Pensoft Publishers | 2 | 3715 | 1857 |
| BMJ | 1 | 2006 | 2006 |
| European Respiratory Society (ERS) | 1 | 1315 | 1315 |
| JMIR Publications Inc. | 1 | 1693 | 1693 |
| Stockholm University Press | 1 | 751 | 751 |
| The Royal Society | 1 | 1608 | 1608 |
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)
