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  Comparison of BioMed Central's Article Processing Charges with those of other publishers

BioMed Central's standard Article Processing Charge (APC) is £995— 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?
BioMed Central          
Typical BioMed Central journal
£995-£1125
~$1450-$1640
-
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American Chemical Society
   
ACS AuthorChoice
$3000 discounts for ACS members and researchers at subscribing institutions
$3000
-
No yes
(excludes commercial reuse)
American Society for Clinical Investigation
   
Journal of Clinical Investigation
~$2500 + $1000 per figure, $50 per table + $1000 for color printing + $300 for supplemental data
~$2500 + $1000 per figure, $50 per table + $1000 for color printing + $300 for supplemental data
$75
American Society for Microbiology
   
mBio
$3000 (maximum of 8 pages) - ($2000 for ASM members) + $190 for supplemental material
$3000 (maximum of 8 pages) - ($2000 for ASM members) + $190 for supplemental material
-

(excludes commercial reuse)
American Physiological Society
   
Author Choice program
$2000
($3000 for reviews)
+ page and color charges, $1000
$2000
($3000 for reviews)
+ page and color charges, $1000
-

(if deposited by author)
BMJ Publishing Group
   
BMJ (flagship journal)
£2500
(subject to research funder covering the full amount)
$3850
(subject to research funder covering the full amount)
-

(excludes commercial reuse)
'Unlocked' program - BMJ Unlocked
£1700
$3145
-

(excludes commercial reuse)
BMJ Open
£1200
$1500
-
under consideration
(excludes commercial reuse)
BRILL
   
BrillOpen
€2,000 + additional author fees
$3000 (only in the Americas)
-
tick
(excludes commercial reuse)
Cambridge University Press
   
Cambridge Open Option
£1500
(+ color charges for some journals)
$2700
(+ color charges for some journals)
-
tick
(authors have the right to deposit in PubMed Central)
tick
(excludes commercial reuse)
Co-Action Publishing
   
Co-Action Publishing
€450 - €1000 up to 7 printed pages then an additional charge may occur per page
$542 - $1205
-
tick tick
(excludes commercial reuse)
Company of Biologists
   
Development, Journal of Cell Science, Journal of Experimental Biology
£1586
~$2560
-

(for authors, whose funders require deposition)
Elsevier
   
Sponsored Article program
$3000
+ color charges
$3000
+ color charges
-

Wellcome Trust Subsidized Manuscript option

This option is available only to authors funded by the Wellcome Trust, and applies only to the manuscript version of the article - it does not provide open access to the final published version

Cell Press titles
$5000
+ color charges
$5000
+ color charges
-
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The Lancet

£400
per page + color charges

~$580
per page + color charges

-
tick cross
All other titles

$3000
+ color charges


$3000
+ color charges

-
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Hindawi
   
Typical open access journal

€400-€1000
~$600-$1500
-
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Journal of Medical Internet Research
   
Journal of Medical Internet Research
(PDFs available for free only to paid members)
$1900
+ optional $450 fast track fee
$1900
+ optional $450 fast track fee
$90 for regular papers and $500 for protocol/grant proposal rewiew
(excludes PDFs)
Journal of Neuroscience
   
Journal of Neuroscience
$950 publication fee + $2500 open access fee +$1000 per color figure
$950 publication fee
+ $2500 open access fee +$1000 per color figure
$120 cross cross
Maney Publishing
   
MORE OpenChoice
£1250
+ color print charges may apply
$2000
+ color print charges may apply
- cross
(for authors, whose funders require deposition)
cross
(excludes commercial reuse)
National Academy of Sciences
   
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA)
$1275
+ page and color charges
$1275
+ page and color charges
-
Nature Publishing Group
   
Selected journals published by NPG
£1500 - ~£2678 + color charges
$2980 - $3900 + color charges
-

(upon author request)

(excludes commercial reuse)
Molecular Systems Biology
£2,100
+ color charges
~$3,500
+ color charges
-

(upon author request)

(excludes commercial reuse)
Nature Communications
£3,035
$5,000
-
?
(upon author request)
?
(excludes commercial reuse)
Oxford University Press
   
Nucleic Acids Research
£1420
+ page charges from tenth page
$2770
+ page charges from tenth page
-

(excludes commercial reuse)
Oxford Open journals
£1700
(+ color charges for some journals)
$3000
(+ color charges for some journals)
-

(excludes commercial reuse)
Public Library of Science
   
PLoS Biology, PLoS Medicine
$2900
$2900
-
PLoS Pathogens, PLoS Computational Biology, PLoS Genetics, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
$2250
$2250
-
PLoS One
$1350
$1350
-
Royal Society
   
Open Choice
$1400
$2380
-
tick
Royal Society of Chemistry
   
Open Science: Communications
£1000
~$1450

-
tick
(upon author request)
cross
Open Science: Primary paper
£1600
~$2330

-
cross
(upon author request)
cross
Open Science: Review
£2500
~$3640

-
cross
(upon author request)
cross
Sage
   
Sage Open
£1600
$3000
-

(excludes commercial reuse)
Springer
   
All journals (OpenChoice)
$3000
$3000
-

(excludes commercial reuse)
Taylor & Francis
   
iOpenAccess
£1725
$3250
-

(excludes derivative works and commercial reuse)
Wiley-Blackwell
   
Online Open
$3000
+ charges for color images and datasets
$3000
+ charges for color images and datasets
-

Notes

  • Many publishers (including BioMed Central) offer discounts to institutional subscribers / members.
  • The prices listed in this table were last updated on June 4, 2010. 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.

 



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