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	-
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 + $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)	-		(excludes commercial reuse)
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge Open Option	£1500 (+ color charges for some journals)	$2700 (+ color charges for some journals)	-	(authors have the right to deposit in PubMed Central)	(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	-		(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	-
The Lancet	£400 per page + color charges	~$580 per page + color charges	-
All other titles	$3000 + color charges	$3000 + color charges	-
Hindawi
Typical open access journal	€400-€1000	~$600-$1500	-
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
Maney Publishing
MORE OpenChoice	£1250 + color print charges may apply	$2000 + color print charges may apply	-	(for authors, whose funders require deposition)	(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	-
Royal Society of Chemistry
Open Science: Communications	£1000	~$1450	-	(upon author request)
Open Science: Primary paper	£1600	~$2330	-	(upon author request)
Open Science: Review	£2500	~$3640	-	(upon author request)
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.