The Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL) has reported additional APC expenditures for BMC, Copernicus and eLife journals.
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 dataset covers publication fees for 51 articles published by MPG researchers in the aforementioned journals. Total expenditure amounts to 87 165€ and the average fee is 1 709€.
| Articles | Fees paid in EURO | Mean Fee paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics | 21 | 38984 | 1856 |
| Atmospheric Measurement Techniques | 7 | 13622 | 1946 |
| Biogeosciences | 5 | 6998 | 1400 |
| Geoscientific Model Development | 4 | 8467 | 2117 |
| Hydrology and Earth System Sciences | 3 | 4337 | 1446 |
| Climate of the Past | 2 | 2333 | 1166 |
| BMC Evolutionary Biology | 1 | 1608 | 1608 |
| BMC Plant Biology | 1 | 1544 | 1544 |
| BMC Systems Biology | 1 | 1608 | 1608 |
| Journal of Nanobiotechnology | 1 | 1608 | 1608 |
| SpringerPlus | 1 | 816 | 816 |
| Annales Geophysicae | 1 | 207 | 207 |
| Earth System Dynamics | 1 | 1037 | 1037 |
| The Cryosphere Discussions | 1 | 1313 | 1313 |
| eLife | 1 | 2682 | 2682 |
Overview
With the recent contribution included, the overall APC data for the MPG now looks as follows:
Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)
Average costs per year (in EURO)
Average costs per publisher (in EURO)
