JGU Mainz reports its 2019 to 2020 BPC expenditures


The JGU Mainz has reported BPC expenditures for the first time, the contribution provides data for the 2019 and 2020 period.

Mainz University Library is in charge of the institution’s Open Access Publication Funds, which also supports publishing of OA monographs.

Contact person is Karin Eckert.

Cost data

The new data set covers publication fees for 6 books. Total expenditure amounts to 29 681€ and the average fee is 4 947€.

The following tables and plots provide an overview of the payments Mainz University Library has made to book publishers in 2019 and 2020.

  Articles Fees paid in EURO Mean Fee paid
Frank & Timme 2 11901 5950
Peter Lang 2 9400 4700
Cambridge University Press 1 6000 6000
Meson Press 1 2380 2380

Fees paid per publisher (in EURO)

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Average costs per year (in EURO)

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Average costs per publisher (in EURO)

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