List price vs what was actually paid
The publisher's list price is what you are quoted. The median paid figure is what institutions actually reported paying — often lower, because agreements and waivers apply. 410 journals where we have both.
Two numbers, two currencies, not converted. List is the publisher's quote in its own currency; paid is the median in euros (including VAT) from real invoices reported to OpenAPC, with the sample size. Read the gap directionally — a much lower paid figure means agreements and waivers are doing real work.
410 results.
| Journal | List (quoted) | Median paid (€) | Sample |
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Paid amounts: Aggregated from the OpenAPC dataset (https://github.com/OpenAPC/openapc-de, release v5.11.4-4-1), Bielefeld University Library, licensed under ODbL. — release v5.11.4-4-1, licensed ODbL. List prices: publisher fee pages, CC BY. Only journal-years with n ≥ 5 shown. VAT is included in paid figures at varying national rates and excluded from most list prices — another reason the two are shown separately, not subtracted.