Selective List of Open Access and Paid Access Fees
Below are lists of open access and hybrid publishers. For a much more complete list of titles, see Journal and Publisher Directories below. Please note: consult the publisher directly for the latest information on open-access fees as these numbers are subject to change.
Berkeley faculty members who wish to make their articles free to all readers immediately upon publication by paying the open access or paid access fee may apply for funding through the Berkeley Research Impact Initiative (BRII) program.
Open Access publishers
An open-access publication is one that provides free global online access with minimal or no copyright limitations. Open-access articles are freely available for redistribution and reuse.
| Publisher | Open Access fee | Titles (selective) |
|---|---|---|
| BioMed Central | $625-$2365; $1535 is standard (15% reduction for UCB authors due to UCB membership) | BMC Evolutionary Biology, BMC Informatics, Genome Biology, Nutrition Journal |
| Co-Action Publishing | €65 per page – €712 per article | Food and Nutrition Research, Ethics and Global Politics |
| Hindawi Publishing | $600-$1500 | International J. of Plant Genomics, J. of Applied Mathematics, J. of Nanomaterials, Modelling and Simulation in Engineering |
| Oxford University Press | $1800 (if we have a print subscription) ($2250 after 12/1/09) | Full open access journals from OUP include DNA Research, Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Nucleic Acids Research |
| PhysMath Central | $1515 (15% reduction for UCB authors due to UCB membership) | PMC Physics A, PMC Physics B |
| Public Library of Science (PLoS) | $1350-$2800 (10% discount due to UC membership) | PLoS Biology, PLoS Computational Biology, PLoS Medicine, PLoS One |
Hybrid publishers
A "hybrid journal" is published by a traditional subscription-based publisher; articles can be made immediately available to the public if the author pays an additional publication fee (also referred to as "paid access," "open choice," "sponsored article," etc.). "Hybrid open access" differs from the true open access in that hybrid publishers often have restrictions on redistribution and reuse. A fully open-access journal, on the other hand, has limited copyright restrictions which means anyone, anywhere with access to the Internet may read, download, copy, and distribute that article.
Please refer to the publisher site or the Directory of Open Access and Hybrid Journals for the most current information on fees and copyright policies.
| Publisher | Publication fee | Author retains copyright | Titles (selective) |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Chemical Society
(ACS Author Choice) |
$1500-$3000 | no | ACS Chemical Biology, Analytical Chemistry, J. of the American Chemical Society, J. of Organic Chemistry |
| American Institute of Physics (AIP)
(Author Select) |
$1500-$1800, $2500 | Applied Physics Letters, Chaos, J. of Mathematical Physics, J. of Rheology | |
| American Physical Society (APS)
(Free to Read) |
$975, $1300 | Physical Review A-E, Physical Review Letters, Reviews of Modern Physics | |
| Blackwell Publishing
(Online Open) |
$2600 | International Review of Finance, International Statistical Review, Renaissance Studies, J. of Applied Crystallography | |
| Cambridge Journals
(Cambridge Open Option) |
$1700 | American Political Science Review, Geological Magazine, J. of Social Policy, Systematics and Biodiversity | |
| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
(Open Access Option) |
$2000 | the Open Access Option is only available for Genome Research | |
| Elsevier
(Sponsored Articles available for ~40 of their 1800 titles) |
$3000 | Discrete Applied Mathematics, J. of Molecular Biology, Physics Letters B, Vision Research | |
| National Academy of Sciences
(Open Access Option) |
$850 (due to UCB membership) | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) | |
| Oxford Journals
(Oxford Open — optional open access model) |
$1500 | yes | Biostatistics, Health Policy and Planning, J. of Design History, Quarterly J. of Mathematics |
| Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
(RSC Open Science) |
$1800-$4500 (15% discount due to UCB subscriptions) | no | Chemical Biology, Geochemical Transactions, Methods in Organic Synthesis |
| Springer
(Open Choice) |
free for UC-affiliated authors | yes | Acoustical Physics, Computational Economics, Current Psychology, J. of Religion and Health |
| Taylor and Francis
(iOpenAccess) |
$3100 | Annals of Human Biology, Food Biotechnology, International J. of Computer Mathematics, Philosophical Psychology | |
| Wiley InterScience
(Funded Access for biomedical titles) |
$3000 | J. of Basic Microbiology, Proteomics, Statistics in Medicine | |
| World Scientific
(WorldSciNet OPEN ACCESS) |
$2500 | yes | International J. of Mathematics, Modern Physics Letters B |
Journal and Publisher Directories
- Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ): Lists more than 3000 journals available as open access.
- Directory of Open Access and Hybrid Journals: Look up where to publish your research as open access. Each title listed in the directory indicates whether the publisher allows authors to pay a publication fee to make an article immediately available.
- SHERPA/RoMEO: This directory lists publisher copyright and self-archiving policies. Listings also indicate whether or not the publisher has a "paid access" option with direct links to the specific publisher policies on paid access.
- Also consult the UC Office of Scholarly communication page on Submitting to Open Access Journals, which contains a list of institutional memberships allowing UC authors to receive discounts on publication charges/OA fees. Listed here are the membership discounts for BioMed Central journals, PLoS, and more.
