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

BioMed Central's standard Article Processing Charge (APC) is £850— 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	£850-£950	~$1700-$1900	-
Journal of Medical Case Reports	£250	~$500	-
American Chemical Society
ACS AuthorChoice	$3000 discounts for ACS members and researchers at subscribing institutions	$3000	-		(excludes commercial reuse)
American Society for Clinical Investigation
Journal of Clinical Investigation	~$2500 (depends on word and figure count)	~$2500 (depends on word and figure count)	$70
American Physiological Society
Author Choice program	$2000 + page and color charges	$2000 + page and color charges	-	(if deposited by author)
Biological Procedures Online
Biological Procedures Online	$1250	$1250	-
Blackwell Publishing
Online Open	£1300	$2600	-
BMJ Publishing Group
'Unlocked' program - Main journals	£1700	$3145	-
'Unlocked' program - Specialist journals	£1200	$2220	-
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge Open Option	£1500 (+ color charges for some journals)	$2700 (+ color charges for some journals)	-		(excludes commercial reuse)
Company of Biologists
Development, Journal of Cell Science, Journal of Experimental Biology	£1586	~$3100	-
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	-
The Lancet	£400 per page + color charges	£400 per page + color charges	-
All other titles	$3000 + color charges	$3000 + color charges	-
Hindawi
Typical open access journal	€400-€1000	~$600-$1500	-
John Wiley
'Funded access' service	£1530	$3000	-
Journal of Medical Internet Research
Journal of Medical Internet Research (PDFs available only to paid members)	$1500 + optional $350 fast track fee	$1500 + optional $350 fast track fee	$90		(excludes PDFs)
Journal of Neuroscience
Journal of Neuroscience	$850 publication fee + $2500 open access fee +$1000 per color figure	$850 publication fee + $2500 open access fee +$1000 per color figure	$100
National Academy of Sciences
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA)	$1200 + page and color charges	$1200 + page and color charges	-
Nature Publishing Group
Molecular Systems Biology	£1700	$3000	-
British Journal of Pharmacology	£1250	$2500	-
The EMBO Journal	£1350	$2540	-
EMBO Reports	£1350	$2540	-
Oxford University Press
Nucleic Acids Research	£1370 + page charges from tenth page	$2670 + page charges from tenth page	-		(excludes commercial reuse)
Oxford Open journals	£1500 (+ color charges for some journals)	$2800 (+ color charges for some journals)	-		(excludes commercial reuse)
Public Library of Science
PLoS Biology, PLoS Medicine	$2850	$2850	-
PLoS Pathogens, PLoS Computational Biology, PLoS Genetics, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases	$2200	$2200	-
PLoS One	$1300	$1300	-
Royal Society
Proceedings A, Phil Trans A and Notes and Records (EXiS Open Choice)	First 10 pages: £150 per journal page. Additional pages: £50 per journal page. + color charges	~$2500 + color charges	-
Proceedings B, Phil Trans B, Biology Letters and Interface(EXiS Open Choice)	First 6 pages: £225 per journal page. Additional pages: £50 per journal page. + color charges	~$3000 + color charges	-
Royal Society of Chemistry
Open Science: Communications	£1000	~$1950	-
Open Science: Primary paper	£1600	~$3100	-
Open Science: Review	£2500	~$4900	-
Sage
Sage Open	£1600	$3000	-		(excludes commercial reuse)
Springer
All journals (OpenChoice)	$3000	$3000	-		(excludes commercial reuse)
Taylor & Francis
iOpenAccess	$3250	$3250	-		(excludes derivative works and commercial reuse)

Notes

• Many publishers (including BioMed Central) offer discounts to institutional subscribers / members.
• The prices listed in this table were last updated in January 2008. 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.