Comparison of BioMed Central's article-processing charges with those of other publishers
BioMed Central's standard Article Processing Charge (APC) is £1115 - see our Article Processing Charge FAQ for full details. BioMed Central's APCs compare very favorably with those of other publishers, as shown below:
| Publisher/Journal | Article-processing charge | $US equivalent | Submission fee? | Immediately available through PubMed Central? | Open access license allowing redistribution and reuse? | ||
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| BioMed Central | |||||||
| Typical BioMed Central journal | £1,115-£1,475 | ~$1,755-$2,321 | - |  |
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| American Chemical Society | |||||||
| ACS AuthorChoice | $3,000 base fee (Discounts for ACS members and researchers at subscribing institutions) | $3,000 | - |  |
(Excludes commercial reuse) |
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| American Society for Clinical Investigation | |||||||
| Journal of Clinical Investigation | Regular articles & technical advances charged at $0.26 per word, brief reports $2,500. Additional $175 per figure, $75 per table + $300 for supplemental data | Regular articles & technical advances charged at $0.26 per word. Brief reports $2,500, additional charges $175 per figure, $75 per table + $300 for supplemental data | $75 | |
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| American Society for Microbiology | |||||||
| mBio | $3,000 for research articles and $1,500 for observation and opinions & hypotheses + $285 supplemental material fees (Non-Members) | $3,000 for research articles and $1,500 for observation and opinions & hypotheses + $285 supplemental material fees (Non-Members) | - | |
(Excludes commercial reuse) |
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| American Physiological Society | |||||||
| Author Choice program | Research article $2,000 & review article $3,000 | Research article $2,000 & review article $3,000 | $50 | |
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| BMJ Publishing Group | |||||||
| BMJ (Flagship journal) | £3,000 (exclusive of VAT where applicable) | ~$4,600 (exclusive of VAT where applicable) | - | |
(Excludes commercial reuse) |
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| BMJ Journals Unlocked | £1,950 (exclusive of VAT where applicable) + £250 colour figure charge per article | ~$3,000 (exclusive of VAT where applicable) + ~$380 colour figure charge per article | - | (Articles are immediately deposited in PMC) |
(Excludes commercial reuse) |
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| BMJ Open | £1,350 (exclusive of VAT where applicable) | ~$2,000 (exclusive of VAT where applicable) | - | (Articles are immediately deposited in PMC) |
(Excludes commercial reuse) |
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| BRILL | |||||||
| Brill Open Articles | €2,000 / $2,800 | $2,800 |
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(Excludes commercial reuse) |
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| Brill Open Journals | €1,200 / $1,680 for selected journals supported by Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research NOW for 2013 | $1,680 for selected journals supported by Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research NOW for 2013 | - | ||||
| Cambridge University Press | |||||||
| Cambridge Open Option | £1,695 + color/page charges may be applied to print versions |
$2,700 + color/page charges may be applied to print versions |
- | (Authors have the right to deposit in PubMed Central) |
(Excludes commercial reuse) |
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| Cell Press | |||||||
| Cell Reports | $5,000 | $5,000 | - | |
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| Co-Action Publishing | |||||||
| Co-Action Publishing | €233-€1,250 + pages charges if article >7-10 pages | $305 - $1,650 + pages charges if article >7-10 pages | - | (Only if explicitly required by funder) |
(Excludes commercial reuse) |
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| The Company of Biologists | |||||||
| The Company of Biologists | £2,000 | $3,000 | - | (If research is funded by NIH, Wellcome Trust, HHMI, UK MRC) |
(Excludes commercial reuse) |
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| Elsevier | |||||||
| Sponsored Article program | $500-$5,000 | $500-$5,000 | - | (Of final document used to generate the published journal article) |
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| Hindawi | |||||||
| Typical Hindawi journal | $0-$1,500 | $0-$1,500 | - | |
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| Journal of Medical Internet Research | |||||||
| Journal of Medical Internet Research (PDFs available for free only to paid members) |
$1,900 + optional $450 fast track fee. Grant proposals and research protocols (now published in our new spin-off journal JMIR Research Protocols) which are already peer-reviewed (review reports must be submitted) $ 950 |
$1,900 + optional $450 fast track fee. Grant proposals and research protocols (now published in our new spin-off journal JMIR Research Protocols) which are already peer-reviewed (review reports must be submitted) $ 950 |
$90 for regular papers and $500 for protocol/grant proposal review | |
(Excludes PDFs) |
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| Journal of Neuroscience | |||||||
| Journal of Neuroscience Open Choice | (JoN) $1,035 for regular manuscripts and $535 for Brief communications publication fee. The Open Choice fee in addition to the publication charges is $2,655 for Regular Manuscripts and $1,330 for Brief Communications. | (JoN) $1,035 for regular manuscripts and $535 for Brief communications publication fee. The Open Choice fee in addition to the publication charges is $2,655 for Regular Manuscripts and $1,330 for Brief Communications. | |
(After six months, excludes commercial reuse) |
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| Maney Publishing | |||||||
| Humanities & Social Science Journals | £500 | $800 | - | (Only if explicitly required by funder) |
(Excludes commercial reuse) |
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| Science, Technical & Medical Journals | £1,250 | $2,000 | - | (Only if explicitly required by funder) |
(Excludes commercial reuse) |
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| National Academy of Sciences | |||||||
| Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | $1,350 | $1,350 | - | |
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| Nature Publishing Group | |||||||
| Selected journals published by NPG | £2,915-£3,150 + additional charges |
$4,800-$5,200 + additional charges |
- | (Upon author request) |
(Excludes commercial reuse) |
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| Molecular Systems Biology | $3,900 (Research articles and reports) $900 (Correspondences) $500 (Correspondences not evaluated) | $3,900 (Research articles and reports) $900 (Correspondences) $500 (Correspondences not evaluated) | - | (Upon author request) |
(Excludes commercial reuse |
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| Nature Communications | £2,915-£3,150 | $4,800-$5,200 | - | (Upon author request) |
(Excludes commercial reuse) |
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| EMBO Journal | $3,900 (+ VAT where applicable) |
$3,900 (+ VAT where applicable) |
- | (Upon author request) |
(Excludes commercial reuse) |
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| Oxford University Press | |||||||
| Nucleic Acids Research | £1,420 + £100/$150 per page from 10th page | $2,770 + £100/$150 per page from 10th page | - | |
(Excludes commercial reuse) |
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| Oxford Open journals | £1,000-£2,500 + color and page charges |
£1,000-£2,500 + color and page charges |
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(Excludes commercial reuse) |
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| Public Library of Science | |||||||
| PLoS Biology, PLoS Medicine | $2,900 | $2,900 | - | |
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| PLoS Pathogens, PLoS Computational Biology, PLoS Genetics, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases | $2,250 | $2,250 | - | |
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| PLoS One | $1,350 | $1,350 | - | |
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| Royal Society | |||||||
| EXiS Open Choice | $1,400 | $2,380 | - | |
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| Open Biology | £1,200 | $1,932 | - | |
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| Royal Society of Chemistry | |||||||
| RSC Open Science | £1,000-£2,500 (Depending on article type) |
£1,000-£2,500 (Depending on article type) |
- | (Upon author request) |
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| SAGE | |||||||
| SAGE choice | £Free-£1,600 | £Free-$3,000 | - | |
(Excludes commercial reuse) |
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| SAGE Open Medical Case Reports | Open Access | Open Access | - | |
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| SAGE Open Medicine | Open Access | Open Access | - | |
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| Springer | |||||||
| OpenChoice | $3,000 (+ color print and page charges) |
$3,000 (+ color print and page charges) |
- | (Where within scope of PubMed Central) |
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| Typical SpringerOpen journal | £418-£1,256 | $665-$1,996 | - | (Where within scope of PubMed Central) |
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| SpringerPlus | £725 | $1,110 | - | (Where within scope of PubMed Central) |
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| Taylor & Francis | |||||||
| Open Select | £1,788 | $2,950 | - | |
(Excludes derivative works and commercial reuse) |
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| Taylor & Francis Open | £1,788 | $2,950 | - | |
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| Wiley-Blackwell | |||||||
| Online Open | $3,000 | $3,000 | - | |
(Excludes commercial reuse) |
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| Typical Wiley open access journal | £472-£1,887 | $750-$3,000 | - | |
(Excludes commercial reuse) |
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Notes
- Many publishers (including BioMed Central) offer discounts to institutional subscribers / Members.
- The prices listed in this table were last updated on 20 March 2013. Please contact info@biomedcentral.com with any updates or corrections.
- Some open access journals (including several from BioMed Central) charge no article-processing charges to authors, but cover their costs in other ways - e.g. some are directly supported by a host institution. The table above lists only journals where article-processing charges are the primary form of support.
- The column headed "Open access license allowing redistribution and reuse?" indicates whether a Creative Commons or similar license is used, granting universal rights of redistribution and reuse for the official final version of the article.
- The prices above do not take into account taxes where they may be applicable.
