Max Planck Digital Library reports 2016 expenditures for PLoS journals
09 Aug 2017The Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL) has reported additional APC expenditures PLoS 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 83 articles published by MPG researchers in PLoS journals. Total expenditure amounts to 142 689€ and the average fee is 1 719€.
| Articles | Fees paid in EURO | Mean Fee paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLOS ONE | 66 | 99863 | 1513 |
| PLOS Computational Biology | 7 | 16650 | 2379 |
| PLOS Genetics | 5 | 11806 | 2361 |
| PLOS Biology | 4 | 11975 | 2994 |
| PLOS Pathogens | 1 | 2394 | 2394 |
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)
