LMU München reports its 2017 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 36 articles published in Springer journals by LMU researchers in 2017. Total expenditure amounts to 61 157€ and the average fee is 1 699€.

The following table shows the distribution over Springer journal titles in 2017:

  Articles Fees paid in EURO Mean Fee paid
BMC Evolutionary Biology 4 6645 1661
BMC Medical Education 3 4984 1661
BMC Cancer 2 3322 1661
BMC Genomics 2 3322 1661
BMC Public Health 2 3322 1661
BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2 3322 1661
Frontiers in Zoology 2 3665 1833
Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 2 3798 1899
Acta Neuropathologica Communications 1 1085 1085
Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology 1 1661 1661
Biology of Sex Differences 1 1899 1899
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 1 1661 1661
BMC Infectious Diseases 1 1661 1661
BMC Medical Ethics 1 1661 1661
BMC Medical Imaging 1 1661 1661
BMC Molecular Biology 1 1433 1433
BMC Neurology 1 1661 1661
BMC Ophthalmology 1 1661 1661
BMC Veterinary Research 1 1661 1661
Critical Care 1 2123 2123
EJNMMI Research 1 1523 1523
Epigenetics & Chromatin 1 1899 1899
European Journal of Medical Research 1 1899 1899
Respiratory Research 1 1961 1961
Trials 1 1661 1661

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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