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.

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免除最不发达国家的文章处理费。大规模开放获取转型的砖石

本文调查了一个问题，大型出版社免除 47 个所谓的最不发达国家 (LDC) 的文章处理费用在经济上是否可行。作为示例，选择 Springer-Nature。该分析基于 Web of Science、OpenAPC 和 Jisc 合集 Springer 紧凑型期刊列表。因此，它估计最不发达国家国家组的平均年出版物产量为 520 份（或占 Springer-Nature 期刊全球出版物产量的 0.26%）。如果豁免适用于所有这些国家，Springer-Nature 的收入损失将达到 110 万美元。鉴于金钱对于最不发达国家的发展（例如预期寿命、健康、教育）来说是必不可少的，