The Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL) has updated its APC expenditures for MDPI journals in 2016.
MPDL provides institutional funding for Open Access publications for researchers affiliated with the Max Planck Society. MPDL makes use of central agreements with Open Access publishers.
Please note that article processing charges funded locally by Max Planck Institutes are not part of this data set. The Max Planck Society has a limited input tax reduction. The refund of input VAT for APC is 20%.
Cost data
The new data covers additional publication fees for 7 articles published in MDPI journals which the MPDL covered in 2016. Total expenditure amounts to 6 990€ and the average fee is 999€.
Overview
With the recent contributions included, the overall APC data for the MPDL now looks as follows:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)
Average costs per year (in EURO)
Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
