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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 £750 - 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	£750	~$1400-$1500
American Institute of Physics
Author Select	$1500-$1800	$1500-$1800
Journal of Rheology	$2500	$2500
American Physical Society
Free To Read	$975-$1300	$975-$1300
Physical Review - Special Topics: Physics Education Research	$700 +$80/125 lines	$700+
Institute of Physics
New Journal of Physics	£600	$1100-$1200
Public Library of Science
PLoS One	$1250	$1250
Springer
All journals (OpenChoice)	$3000	$3000	excludes commercial reuse
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge Open Option	£1500 + color charges for some journals	$2700 + color charges for some journals	excludes commercial reuse
Taylor & Francis
iOpenAccess	$3100	$3100	excludes derivative works and commercial reuse
Oxford University Press
Oxford Open journals	$2800 + color charges for some journals	$2800 + color charges for some journals	excludes commercial reuse
John Wiley
"Funded access" service	£1590	$3000
Blackwell Publishing
Online Open	£1250	$2500
Elsevier
Sponsored Article program	$3000 + color charges	$3000 + color charges
Royal Society
Proceedings A, Phil Trans A and Notes and Records (EXiS Open Choice)	$370 per A4 page + color charges -25% discount for first year	~$2500 + color charges
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
Royal Society of Chemistry
Open Science: Communications	£1000	~$1800
Open Science: Primary paper	£1600	~$2900
Open Science: Review	£2500	~$4500
American Chemical Society
ACS AuthorChoice	$3000	$3000	excludes commercial reuse
National Academy of Sciences
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA)	$1000 + page charges	$1000 + page charges
Hindawi
Typical open access journal	€50-€100 per page	~$500

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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