Article Processing Charge (APC)
The Article Processing Charge or publication fee reimburses the journal publisher for the costs associated with publishing (peer review, printing of color images) and replaces the "classic" model of an overpaid journal. APC amounts can vary depending on the field or prestige of the publisher and range from hundreds to thousands of EUR/USD. The author should always be informed whether the publisher requires payment of APCs via the website or by contacting the editorial office.
OA journals published by government institutions, professional societies, government research offices often do not require this fee or pay it from membership fees (this type of OA is called platinum open access). Institutions also often set up a publication support fund for their authors, where APCs are fully or at least partly paid for by the author. An example is the SCOAP3 project.
A number of publishers allow authors to choose between a subscription model, where the cost is borne by the author's institution, and a hybrid model, where the cost is borne by the author. However, this often results in situations where the cost of articles is paid twice, i.e., once in the form of a subscription to the journal or database that makes it available and a second time in the form of an APC for publishing the article. Publishers then often offer institutions so-called offsetting, i.e., discounts and vouchers for publication, to avoid double dipping.
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Publishers and the APCs
- American Chemical Society
- AIP Publishing
- American Physical Society
- BRILL
- Cambridge University Press
- De Gruyter
- DOAJ
- Elsevier
- Emerald
- Hindawi
- IOP Science
- MDPI
- MIT Press
- Nature
- Oxford University Press
- Palgrave
- PLoS
- The Royal Society
- RSC
- SAGE Publications
- Springer
- Taylor & Francis
- Wiley
- Wolters Kluwer
American Chemical Society
A list of journals:
http://pubs.acs.org/action/showPublications?display=journals
Information on APC:
http://acsopenaccess.org/wp-content/uploads/author-choice-pricing.pdf
AIP Publishing
A list of journals:
http://aip.scitation.org/
American Physical Society
A list of journals:
https://journals.aps.org/about
BRILL
A list of journals:
https://brill.com/browse?et=journal&level=parent&pageSize=10&sort=datedescending
Information on APC and OA:
http://www.brill.com/about/open-access/brill-open-authors
Cambridge University Press
DOAJ
A list of journals:
https://doaj.org/
Elsevier
A list of journals:
https://www.elsevier.com/about/company-information/policies/pricing
Emerald
A list of journals:
http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/journals/journals_index.htm
Information on OA:
http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/openaccess.htm
Hindawi
A list of journals:
https://www.hindawi.com/journals/
Information on APC:
https://www.hindawi.com/about.apcs/
IOP Science
A list of journals:
https://iopscience.iop.org/journalList
Information on APC:
https://publishingsupport.iopscience.iop.org/questions/paying-for-open-access/
MDPI
Information on APC:
UWB is part of the Institutional Open Access Program, which provides authors with a discount on APC.
MIT Press
A list of journals:
https://www.mitpressjournals.org/action/showPublications
Nature
A list of journals and information on APC:
http://www.nature.com/openresearch/publishing-with-npg/nature-journals/
Oxford University Press
A list of journals:
https://academic.oup.com/journals/pages/journals_a_to_z
Information on APC:
https://academic.oup.com/journals/pages/open_access
Palgrave
A list of journals and information on APC:
http://www.nature.com/openresearch/palgrave-journals/
Information on OA:
http://www.palgrave.com/gp/journal-authors/open-access-in-palgrave-macmillan-journals/10777204
PLoS
A list of journals and information on APC:
http://collections.plos.org/s/finances-for-special-collections
The Royal Society
A list of journals:
https://royalsociety.org/journals/
Information on APC:
https://royalsociety.org/journals/authors/open-access/
RSC
A list of journals:
http://www.rsc.org/journals-books-databases/about-journals/journals-a-z/
Information on OA:
https://www.rsc.org/journals-books-databases/open-access/
SAGE Publications
A list of journals:
http://journals.sagepub.com/action/showPublications?category=
A list of journals with APCs:
https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/pure-gold-open-access-journals
Hybrid journals:
https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/sage-choice-journal-and-pricing-exceptions
Springer
A list of journals:
https://www.springernature.com/gp/librarians/licensing/journals-price-list