Selective List of Open Access and Paid Access Fees (also available as PDF document)
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 journal is one that provides free global online access with minimal or no copyright limitations. Open-access articles are freely available for redistribution and reuse. In many cases, publishers are creating online-only journals designed to disseminate barrier-free research results rapidly; these publications are peer reviewed, fully open access and are designed to publish new scientific or academic findings.
| Publisher | Open Access Fee | Creative Commons License | Sample titles |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Institute of Physics (AIP) | $1350 | CC-BY 3.0 | AIP Advances |
| American Physical Society | $1500 | CC-BY 3.0 | Physical Review X |
| American Society of Microbiology | $2000 (members) $3000 (non-members) | CC-BY-NC-SA | mBIO |
| BioMed Central | $730 - $2505 (15% reduction for UCB authors due to UCB membership) | CC-BY | BMC Evolutionary Biology, BMC Informatics, Genome Biology, Nutrition Journal |
| BMJ | $1500 | CC-BY-NC | BMJ Open |
| Cell Press | $5000 | CC-BY or CC-BY-NC-ND | Cell Reports |
| Company of Biologists | $1350 | CC-BY-NC-ND | Biology Open (BiO) |
| Ecological Society of America | $1,250 ESA members, $1500 for non-members | yes | Ecosphere |
| European Geosciences Union | varies (see journal) | yes | Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics |
| Genetics Society of America | $1650 - $1950 | CC-BY | G3 |
| Hindawi Publishing | free - $1500 | yes | J of Marine Biology, Advances in Astronomy, Advances in Condensed Matter Physics |
| Institute of Physics (IOP) | varies, sample fees=$1040, $1600 | no | New Journal of Physics, Environmental Research Letters |
| Nature | $1350 - $5000 | CC-BY-Nc-ND or CC-BY-NC-SA | Scientific Reports |
| Optics Society of America | varies, see Publication charge page | no | Optics Express |
| Oxford University Press | $3000 | yes | Bioscience Horizons, DNA Research, Genome Biology and Evolution, Nucleic Acids Research |
| Public Library of Science (PLoS) | $1350, $2250,$2900 (10% reduction for UC authors due to UC membership) | CC-BY | PLoS Biology, PLoS Medicine, PLoS One |
| Royal Society | $2040 | CC-BY | Open Biology |
| SAGE | $695 | yes | Sage Open |
| Springer Open | $1065 - $1730 (15% reduction for UC authors due to UC membership | yes | Applied Nanoscience, Health Economics Review, Psychology of Well-being, J of Mathematical Neuroscience |
| Wiley Open Access | $3000 in general (with some exceptions) | yes | Brain and Behavior, Ecoloy and Evolution, MicrobiologyOpen |
| last updated August 2011 |
Major hybrid journal publishers (last updated June 2011)
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.
See refer to the specific publisher's site or the Directory of Open Access and Hybrid Journals for the most current information on fees and copyright policies.
| Publisher | Article Processing Charge (does not include page charges, color charges, etc.) | Creative Commons License | Sample titles |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Chemical Society
(ACS Author Choice) |
$3000 ($1000-$1500 for ACS members) | unspecified | ACS Chemical Biology, Analytical Chemistry, J of the American Chemical Society, J of Organic Chemistry |
| American Institute of Physics (AIP)
(Author Select) |
$1500-$1800 | unspecified | Applied Physical Letters, Chaos, J of Mathematical Physics |
| American Physical Society (APS)
(Free to Read) |
$1700-$2700 | yes | Physical Review Letters, Physical Review, Reviews of Modern Physics |
| BMJ Unlocked
(Online Open) |
varies | yes | J of Medical Ethics, Medical Humanities, Practical Neurology |
| Cambridge Journals Cambridge Open Option |
$2700 | unspecified | Behaviroal and Brain Sciences, Genetics Research, J of Fluid Mechanics, Robotica |
| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press | $2000 | no | Genome Research Genes and Development Learning and Memory |
| Elsevier Sponsored Articles available for ~40 of their 1800 titles |
$3000 | no | J of Molecular Biology, Discrete Applied Mathematics, Nuclear Physics A and B, Nano Today |
| European Physical Journal (EPJ) | €1000 | unspecified | EJP A: Hadrons and Nuclei, EJP AP: Applied Physics |
| National Academy of Sciences
(Open Access Option) |
$950 (due to UCB membership) | no | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) |
| Nature (open access hybrid model) | $2250-$3900 | yes | British J of Cancer, Immunology and Cell Biology, EMBO reports |
| Oxford Journals
(Oxford Open — optional open access model) |
$0-$3000 | yes | Biostatistics, Health Policy and Planning, J of Design History, Quarterly J of Mathematics |
| Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) (RSC Open Science) |
£1000-£2500 + VAT if applicable (15% discount for members of some societies) | unspecified | Chemical Communications, J or Vibration and Control, School Psychology International |
| Springer (Open Choice) |
$3000 | yes | Acoustical Physics, Computational Economics, Current Psychology, J of Religion and Health |
| Taylor and Francis (iOpenAccess) |
$3250 | no | Cognitive Neuroscience, International J of Biological Dynamics, Mathematical Population Studies |
| Wiley OpenOnline |
$3000 (some exceptions) | yes | J. of Basic Microbiology, Proteomics, Statistics in Medicine |
| last updated August 2011 |
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.
