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

PhysMath Central's standard Article Processing Charge (APC) is £825 - see our Article Processing Charge FAQ for full details. PhysMath Central's APCs compare very favorably with those of other publishers, as shown below:

Publisher/Journal Article Processing Charge $US equivalent Open access license allowing redistribution and reuse?
PhysMath Central
PMC Physics A, PMC Physics B, PMC Biophysics £950 ~$1525 tick
American Institute of Physics
Author Select $1500-$1800 $1500-$1800 cross
Journal of Rheology $2500 $2500 cross
American Physical Society
Free To Read $975-$1300 $975-$1300 cross
Physical Review - Special Topics: Physics Education Research $700
+$80/125 lines
$700+ cross
Institute of Physics
New Journal of Physics £600 $1100-$1200 tick
Public Library of Science
PLoS One $1300 $1300 tick
Springer
All journals (OpenChoice) $3000 $3000 tick
excludes commercial reuse
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge Open Option £1500
+ color charges for some journals
$2700
+ color charges for some journals
tick
excludes commercial reuse
Taylor & Francis
iOpenAccess $3250 $3250 tick
excludes derivative works and commercial reuse
Oxford University Press
Oxford Open journals $1500
+ color charges for some journals
$3000
+ color charges for some journals
tick
excludes commercial reuse
John Wiley
"Funded access" service £1590 $3000 cross
Blackwell Publishing
Online Open £3000 $3000 cross
Elsevier
Sponsored Article program $3000
+ color charges
$3000
+ color charges
cross
Royal Society
Proceedings A, Phil Trans A and Notes and Records (EXiS Open Choice) $1500
per A4 page + color charges
-25% discount for first year
~$2550
+ color charges
tick
Proceedings B, Phil Trans B, Biology Letters and Interface(EXiS Open Choice) $550
per A4 page
+ color charges
-25% discount for first year
~$3500
+ color charges
tick
Royal Society of Chemistry
Open Science: Communications £1000 ~$1450 cross
Open Science: Primary paper £1600 ~$2330 cross
Open Science: Review £2500 ~$3640 cross
American Chemical Society
ACS AuthorChoice $3000 $3000 tick
excludes commercial reuse
National Academy of Sciences
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) $1200
+ page charges
$1200
+ page charges
cross
Hindawi
Typical open access journal €400-€1000
per page
~$600-$1500 tick

Notes

  • Many publishers (including PhysMath Central) offer discounts to institutional subscribers / members.
  • The prices listed in this table were last updated on May 25th 2007. Please contact info@physmathcentral.com with any updates or corrections.
  • Some open access journals 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.

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