
Comparison of Chemistry Central's article-processing charges with those of other publishers

Chemistry Central's standard Article Processing Charge (APC) is £1115 - see our Article Processing Charge FAQ for full details. Chemistry 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?
     
Chemistry Central
Typical Chemistry Central journal £1115-£1475 ~$1755-$2321 - tick tick
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 + $175 per figure, $75 per table + $1000 for color printing + $300 for supplemental data ~$2500 + $175 per figure, $75 per table + $1000 for color printing + $300 for supplemental data $75
American Society for Microbiology
mBio $3000 (max. 8 pages) + $285 for supplemental material $3000 (max. 8 pages) + $285 for supplemental material -
(excludes commercial reuse)
American Physiological Society
Author Choice program $2000
+ research article page charge $75 per page
$400 per color figure.
Review articles $3000 inclusive.
$2000
+ research article page charge $75 per page.
$400 per color figure.
Review articles $3000 inclusive.
$50
BMJ Publishing Group
BMJ (flagship journal) £3000
(subject to research funder covering the full amount)
$3930
(subject to research funder covering the full amount)
-
(excludes commercial reuse)
BMJ Journals Unlocked £1700 $3145 -
(articles are immediately deposited in PMC)
 
 (excludes
 commercial
 reuse)
BMJ Open £1350 $2130 -
(articles are immediately deposited in PMC)

(excludes commercial reuse)
BRILL
BrillOpen €2000 + €500 per color printed page $2800
where applicable + $658 per color printed page
-
(excludes commercial reuse)
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge Open Option £1695
+ color/page charges may be applied to print versions
$2700
+ color/page charges may be applied to print versions
-
(authors have the right to deposit in PubMed Central)

(excludes commercial reuse)
Cell Press
Cell Reports $5000 $5000 -
Co-Action Publishing
Co-Action Publishing €233-€950
+ pages charges if article >7-10 pages
$305 - $1250
+ pages charges if article >7-10 pages
-
(Only if explicitly required by funder)

(excludes commercial reuse)
The Company of Biologists
The Company of Biologists £1350 (£2000 after March 2013) ~$1965 -
(If research is funded by NIH, Wellcome Trust, HHMI, UK MRC)

(excludes commercial reuse)
Elsevier
Sponsored Article program $3000-$5000
per article (except The Lancet: £400 per page) + additional charges e.g. colour printing
$3000-$5000
per article (except The Lancet: $630 per page) + additional charges e.g. colour printing
-
(Of final document used to generate the published journal article)
Hindawi
Typical Hindawi journal $300-$1500 $300-$1500 -
Journal of Medical Internet Research
Journal of Medical Internet Research
(Article PDF versions only available 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 review
(excludes PDFs)
Journal of Neuroscience
Journal of Neuroscience Open Choice $1035
publication fee + $2655 open access fee +$1000 per color figure
$1035
publication fee + $2655 open access fee +$1000 per color figure
$125
(After six months,
excludes commercial reuse)
Maney Publishing
MORE OpenChoice £1250
+ additional charges may apply (e.g. colour printing, pages, offprints etc)
$2000
+ additional charges may apply (e.g. colour printing, pages, offprints etc)
-
(Only if explicitly required by funder)

(excludes commercial reuse)
National Academy of Sciences
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Open access option
$1350
+ additional charges: $70 per page, supplementary information £250/$500, colour charges $200 per figure.
$1350
+ additional charges: $70 per page, supplementary information £250/$500, colour charges $200 per figure.
-
Nature Publishing Group
Selected journals published by NPG £2000-£2500
+ additional charges
$3000-$3900
+ additional charges
-
(upon author request)

(excludes commercial reuse)
Molecular Systems Biology $3900 + $900 publishing fee $3900 + $900 publishing fee -
(upon author request)
 
 (excludes
 commercial
 reuse
Nature Communications £3035 $5000 -
(upon author request)

(excludes commercial reuse)
EMBO Journal $3900
+ additional £158/$242 page charge
$3900
+ additional £158/$242 page charge
-
(upon author request)

(excludes commercial reuse)
Oxford University Press
Nucleic Acids Research £1420
+ £100/$195 per page from 10th page
$2770
+ £100/$195 per page from 10th page
-
(excludes commercial reuse)
Oxford Open journals £1700
+ color and page charges
$3000
+ color and page charges
-
(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
EXiS Open Choice £1400 $2380 -
Open Biology £1200 $1932 -
Royal Society of Chemistry
RSC Open Science £1000-£2500
(depending on article type)
~$1570-$3930
(depending on article type)
-
(upon author request)
Sage
Sage choice £1600 $3000 -
(excludes commercial reuse)
Springer
OpenChoice $3000
(+ color print and page charges)
$3000
(+ color print and page charges)
-
(where within scope of PubMed Central)
Typical SpringerOpen journal £440-£1250 $645-$1935 -
(where within scope of PubMed Central)
SpringerPlus £680 $1080 -
(where within scope of PubMed Central)
Taylor & Francis
Open Select £1788 $2950 -
(excludes derivative works and commercial reuse)
Taylor & Francis Open $995-$1500 $995-$1500 -
Wiley-Blackwell
Online Open $3000 $3000 -
(excludes commercial reuse)
Typical Wiley open access journal £1200-£1625 $1850-$2500 -
(excludes commercial reuse)
     


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.
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