论文标题
放弃最不发达国家的文章处理费用。大规模开放通道转换的砖石
Waiving Article Processing Charges for Least Developed Countries. A Brick Stone of a Large-scale Open Access Transformation
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论文摘要
本文调查了一个问题，如果大型出版社在经济上是可行的，可以放弃对所谓的最不发达国家（LDC）组的47个小组的文章处理费用。作为示例，选择了施普林格。该分析基于科学网络，OpenAPC和JISC Collections Springer紧凑型期刊列表。结果，它估计了LDC Country Group的平均年度发布产出为520个出版物（或Springer-Nature Journals in Springer-Nature Journals中的全球出版物产出的0,26％的份额）。如果将所有这些国家 /地区豁免豁免损失，那么施普林格的损失将为110万美元。鉴于有利可图人士（例如，预期寿命，健康，教育）对于开发来说是必不可少的，不仅是可取的，而且对于像Springer-Nature这样的出版商而言，也可以从经济上讲，以放弃这些国家的APC，从而没有多大收入损失。
This article investigates the question, if it is economically feasible for a large publishing house to waive article processing charges for the group of 47 so called least developed countries (LDC). As an example Springer-Nature is selected. The analysis is based on the Web of Science, OpenAPC and the Jisc collections Springer compact journal list. As a result, it estimates an average yearly publication output of 520 publications (or a share of 0,26% of the worldwide publication output in Springer-Nature journals) for the LDC country group. The loss of revenues for Springer-Nature would be 1,1 million $ if a waiver would be applied for all of these countries. Given that money is indispensable for development in the case of LDC (e.g. life expectancy, health, education), it is not only desirable but also possible in economic terms for a publisher like Springer-Nature to waive APCs for these countries without much loss in revenues.
