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

BioMed Central's standard Article Processing Charge (APC) is £750 — 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	£750	~$1350	-
Springer
All journals (OpenChoice)	$3000	$3000	-		(excludes commercial reuse)
Nature Publishing Group
Molecular Systems Biology	£1700	$3000	-
British Journal of Pharmacology	$2500	$2500	-	(coming soon)
American Society for Clinical Investigation
Journal of Clinical Investigation	~$2500 (depends on word and figure count)	~$2500 (depends on word and figure count)	$60
Blackwell Publishing
30 Journals (Online Open)	£1250	$2500	-
Company of Biologists
Development, Journal of Cell Science, Journal of Experimental Biology	£1350	$2560	-
Public Library of Science
PLoS Biology, PLoS Medicine,PLoS Pathogens, PLoS Computational Biology, PLoS Genetics	$1500	$1500	-
PLoS Clinical Trials	$2500	$2500	-
American Physiological Society
Physiological Genomics	$750 + page charges	$750 + page charges	-
Oxford University Press
Nucleic Acids Research	£1000	$1900	-		(excludes commercial reuse)
Oxford Open journals	$2800	$2800	-		(excludes commercial reuse)
National Academy of Sciences
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA)	$1000 + page charges	$1000 + page charges	-
Biological Procedures Online
Biological Procedures Online	$1000	$1000	-
Journal of Medical Internet Research
Journal of Medical Internet Research	$900 + optional $250 fast track fee	$900 + optional $250 fast track fee	-
Hindawi
Typical open access journal	€50-100 per page	~$500	-

Notes

• Many publishers (including BioMed Central) offer discounts to institutional subscribers / members.
• The prices listed in this table were last updated on April 28th 2006. 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.