1. Why do BioMed Central journals have article-processing charges?
Research staff and students at Stanford University:Do you realize that you will get a 15% discount on the article-processing charges of all research articles accepted for publication in journals published by BioMed Central including Chemistry Central and SpringerOpen? Read more information about publishing your articles with BioMed Central.
Open access publishing is not without costs. BioMed Central defrays these costs through article-processing charges because it does not have subscription charges for its research content. The company instead believes that immediate, worldwide, barrier-free, open access to the full text of research articles is in the best interests of the scientific community.
- Why do BioMed Central journals have article-processing charges?
- What do the article-processing charges pay for?
- How much is BioMed Central charging?
- Does BioMed Central offer discounts on article-processing charges?
- How do BioMed Central's charges compare with other publishers?
- Are any taxes included in this charge?
- To which articles will this charge apply?
- Why a flat charge rather than one based on page numbers?
- Who is responsible for making the payment?
- Which funding agencies explicitly allow direct use of their grants to cover article-processing charges?
- How do I pay?
- Can charges be waived if the author cannot pay?
- Will I have to pay if my institution is a Member?
- Will the APC rate I am given at submission change?
- Do authors from low-income countries have to pay APCs?
