The Johannes Kepler University Linz has updated its APC expenditures, the latest contribution provides data for the 2025 period.
The JKU library operates an Open Access publication fund which provides support for Open Access publishing. Additionally, the data submission includes articles funded by the FWF (Austrian Science fund).
Contact Person is Susanne Luger.
Cost data
The new data set covers publication fees for 70 articles, total expenditure amounts to 173,396€ and the average fee is 2,477€.
The following table shows the payments the JKU library has made to publishers in 2025 (including taxes and discounts). Please note that articles funded by the FWF are not included in this list.
| Articles | Fees paid in EURO | Mean Fee paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MDPI AG | 27 | 62022 | 2297 |
| Springer Nature | 18 | 53898 | 2994 |
| Elsevier BV | 6 | 14375 | 2396 |
| Frontiers Media SA | 4 | 9014 | 2254 |
| SAGE Publications | 3 | 6327 | 2109 |
| BMJ | 2 | 5385 | 2693 |
| Public Library of Science (PLoS) | 2 | 4959 | 2480 |
| Foundation Pro Scientia Publica | 1 | 648 | 648 |
| Hogrefe Publishing Group | 1 | 2340 | 2340 |
| Impact Journals, LLC | 1 | 4271 | 4271 |
| Indonesian Mathematical Society | 1 | 185 | 185 |
| JMIR Publications Inc. | 1 | 3122 | 3122 |
| Life Science Alliance, LLC | 1 | 3043 | 3043 |
| Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) | 1 | 2885 | 2885 |
| Stockholm University Press | 1 | 921 | 921 |
Overview
The following plots provide a detailed overview of all data contributed by the University of Linz up to now:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)
Average costs per year (in EURO)
Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
