The University of Turku has updated its APC expenditures, the recent contribution provides cost data on APCs for the fourth quarter of 2025 and the first quarter of 2026.
The data has been collected by Turku University Library, contact person is Mikko Pennanen.
Cost data
The new data set covers publication fees for 92 articles. Total expenditure amounts to 222,930€ and the average fee is 2,423€.
| Articles | Fees paid in EURO | Mean Fee paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springer Nature | 24 | 74804 | 3117 |
| Elsevier BV | 19 | 51352 | 2703 |
| Oxford University Press (OUP) | 7 | 19154 | 2736 |
| MDPI AG | 6 | 9897 | 1649 |
| Frontiers Media SA | 5 | 8929 | 1786 |
| American Society for Microbiology | 3 | 12614 | 4205 |
| Pensoft Publishers | 3 | 2670 | 890 |
| American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) | 2 | 5031 | 2516 |
| IEEE | 2 | 4771 | 2385 |
| Informa UK Limited | 2 | 5223 | 2612 |
| Akademiai Kiado Zrt. | 1 | 900 | 900 |
| American Astronomical Society | 1 | 1060 | 1060 |
| American Physical Society (APS) | 1 | 1006 | 1006 |
| American Physiological Society | 1 | 989 | 989 |
| BioScientifica | 1 | 5033 | 5033 |
| BMJ | 1 | 3900 | 3900 |
| Cogitatio | 1 | 66 | 66 |
| Copernicus GmbH | 1 | 1674 | 1674 |
| EDP Sciences | 1 | 1250 | 1250 |
| EJournal Publishing | 1 | 435 | 435 |
| ISTES Organization | 1 | 800 | 800 |
| Japan Prosthodontic Society | 1 | 272 | 272 |
| Japanese Society for Dental Materials and Devices | 1 | 579 | 579 |
| JMIR Publications Inc. | 1 | 2171 | 2171 |
| Knowledge and Leadership Alliance | 1 | 339 | 339 |
| MIT Press - Journals | 1 | 1048 | 1048 |
| Public Library of Science (PLoS) | 1 | 2102 | 2102 |
| Resilience Alliance, Inc. | 1 | 1044 | 1044 |
| University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) | 1 | 3818 | 3818 |
Overview
With the recent contribution included, the overall APC data for the University of Turku now looks as follows:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)

Average costs per year (in EURO)

Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
