LMU München reports its 2016 APC expenditures for Springer journals


The University Library of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München provides institutional funding for selected Open Access publications.

Contact person is Andrea Dorner.

Cost data

The recent contribution covers publication fees for 42 articles published in Springer journals by LMU Munich researchers in 2016. Total expenditure amounts to 70 258€ and the average fee is 1 673€.

The following table shows the distribution over Springer journal titles in 2016:

  Articles Fees paid in EURO Mean Fee paid
BMC Cancer 4 6578 1645
BMC Genomics 3 4984 1661
BMC Medical Education 3 4984 1661
Critical Care 3 6264 2088
Journal of Neuroinflammation 3 5698 1899
BMC Infectious Diseases 2 3322 1661
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2 3322 1661
Genetics Selection Evolution 2 2727 1364
Radiation Oncology 2 3322 1661
Acta Neuropathologica Communications 1 1085 1085
Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology 1 1661 1661
BMC Health Services Research 1 1661 1661
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 1 1661 1661
BMC Psychiatry 1 1661 1661
BMC Research Notes 1 952 952
Environmental Health 1 1566 1566
European Journal of Medical Research 1 1899 1899
Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki 1 1809 1809
Journal of Inflammation 1 1752 1752
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 1 1661 1661
Journal of Ovarian Research 1 1661 1661
Journal of Translational Medicine 1 1661 1661
Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 1 1871 1871
Pediatric Rheumatology 1 1661 1661
Population Health Metrics 1 1504 1504
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 1 1642 1642
Stem Cell Research & Therapy 1 1685 1685

Overview

With the recent contribution included, the overall APC data for the LMU now looks as follows:

Average costs per year (in EURO)

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Average costs per publisher (in EURO)

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