The Forschungszentrum Jülich collects publication cost data from German institutions as part of the DFG programme “Open Access Publication Funding”.
When reporting their publication costs, the University of Passau had agreed to share the data with OpenAPC as well. This data has now been transferred and integrated.
Contact person for the data set is Alena Tenchova-Janzik.
Cost data
The new data covers APCs for 6 articles (6 unrelated to any agreement, 0 published under an agreement like DEAL). Total APC expenditure amounts to 11,817€ and the average fee is 1,970€.
The following table provides an overview.
| Articles | Fees paid in EURO | Mean Fee paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springer Nature | 3 | 5823 | 1941 |
| Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) | 1 | 2722 | 2722 |
| MDPI AG | 1 | 2380 | 2380 |
| SDEWES Centre | 1 | 892 | 892 |
Overview
With the recent contribution included, the overall APC data for the University of Passau now looks as follows:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)

Average costs per year (in EURO)

Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
