#articleprocessingcharges — Public Fediverse posts

The Age of APCs: Corresponding Author Approaches to Article Processing Charges and Open Access

https://microblogging.infodocs.eu/2026/05/11/the-age-of-apcs-corresponding-author-approaches-to-article-processing-charges-and-open-access/

#ArticleprocessingCharges #BenRawlins #MitchellScott #OpenAccess #ScholarlyPublishing #ScientificPractices

Pursuing transparency: How research performing organizations in Germany collect data on publication costs

https://microblogging.infodocs.eu/2026/01/15/pursuing-transparency-how-research-performing-organizations-in-germany-collect-data-on-publication-costs/

#ArticleprocessingCharges #DorotheaStrecker #Germany #HeinzPampel #JonasHfting #ScholarlyPublishing #ScientificCommunication

Comparing companion open access journals to their traditional journal counterparts

https://microblogging.infodocs.eu/2025/10/20/comparing-companion-open-access-journals-to-their-traditional-journal-counterparts/

#AlexanderPohlman #ArticleprocessingCharges #AyhamMOdeh #JuliaMCoughlin #LayanAlrahmani #OpenAccess #OpenAccessJournals #OpenAccessPublishing #ScholarlyJournals #ScholarlyPublishing #ScientificCommunication #ShandaHBlackmon #ShawnMPurnell #ZaidMAbdelsattar

APC waivers and Ukraine’s publishing output in Gold OA journals: Evidence from five commercial publishers

https://microblogging.infodocs.eu/2025/10/15/apc-waivers-and-ukraines-publishing-output-in-gold-oa-journals-evidence-from-five-commercial-publishers/

#ArticleprocessingCharges #GoldOpenAccess #OpenAccessPublishing #ScholarlyPublishing #ScientificCommunication #SerhiiNazarovets #Ukraine

Our Million-Dollar Journal!

The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publishing a paper in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS) is now £2356. Converting that to dollars at current rates gives about $3150 per paper.

As of today, 25th August 2025, the Open Journal of Astrophysics has published 359 articles.

Using the dollar cost of an MNRAS APC as a benchmark – many journals charge more – this means that we have now saved the global astrophysics community about $1.1M (for an outlay of around $10K).

Yes, we are still a small journal but the size of that figure should help you understand how much money is being wasted globally on publishing fees that could instead be spent on actual research.

It’s good to see that more and more researchers are seeing the light and switching to Diamond Open Access. Today we published the 124th article in Volume 8 (2025) of the Open Journal of Astrophysics. This means that we have so far in 2025 published more papers than we published in the whole of 2024. At the end of August we will be about two-thirds of the way through the year so I expect we will publish more than 180 articles this year.

I’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone involved in running this journal: the Editors, staff at Maynooth University Library who help us, the host of volunteer referees, and of course our authors. I’m confident that, together, we can change the publishing landscape in astrophysics, and put the power (and money) back in the hands of researchers instead of greedy publishers.

This is a slightly-edited version of a post I made last week for the Open Journal of Astrophysics blog.

#APC #ArticleProcessingCharges #DiamondOpenAccess #OpenJournalOfAstrophysics #TheOpenJournalOfAstrophysics

Our Million-Dollar Journal!

The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publishing a paper in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS) is now £2356. Converting that to dollars at current rates gives about $3150 per paper.

As of today, 25th August 2025, the Open Journal of Astrophysics has published 359 articles.

Using the dollar cost of an MNRAS APC as a benchmark – many journals charge more – this means that we have now saved the global astrophysics community about $1.1M (for an outlay of around $10K).

Yes, we are still a small journal but the size of that figure should help you understand how much money is being wasted globally on publishing fees that could instead be spent on actual research.

It’s good to see that more and more researchers are seeing the light and switching to Diamond Open Access. Today we published the 124th article in Volume 8 (2025) of the Open Journal of Astrophysics. This means that we have so far in 2025 published more papers than we published in the whole of 2024. At the end of August we will be about two-thirds of the way through the year so I expect we will publish more than 180 articles this year.

I’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone involved in running this journal: the Editors, staff at Maynooth University Library who help us, the host of volunteer referees, and of course our authors. I’m confident that, together, we can change the publishing landscape in astrophysics, and put the power (and money) back in the hands of researchers instead of greedy publishers.

This is a slightly-edited version of a post I made last week for the Open Journal of Astrophysics blog.

#APC #ArticleProcessingCharges #DiamondOpenAccess #OpenJournalOfAstrophysics #TheOpenJournalOfAstrophysics

More transparency is required for #ArticleProcessingCharges #APCs
| The Journal of Academic Librarianship
Elsevier... #OpenAccess... Ironique
Un marché de plusieurs milliards de $
L'essentiel de l'open access, loin devant le modèle diamond
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S009913332500103X?dgcid=author

More transparency is required for #ArticleProcessingCharges #APCs
| The Journal of Academic Librarianship
Elsevier... #OpenAccess... Ironique
Un marché de plusieurs milliards de $
L'essentiel de l'open access, loin devant le modèle diamond
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S009913332500103X?dgcid=author

Inequity, precarity, and disparity: Exploring systemic and institutional barriers in open access publishing

https://microblogging.infodocs.eu/2025/07/15/inequity-precarity-and-disparity-exploring-systemic-and-institutional-barriers-in-open-access-publishing/

#ArticleprocessingCharges #Canada #OpenAccess #OpenAccessPublishing #PhilipsAyeni #ScholarlyPublishing #ScientificCommunication #VincentLarivire

An APC Trap? Privilege and the Perception of Reasonableness in Open Access Publishing

https://microblogging.infodocs.eu/2025/06/13/an-apc-trap-privilege-and-the-perception-of-reasonableness-in-open-access-publishing/

#ArticleprocessingCharges #GoldOpenAccess #JenniferAMezick #LaurenBCollister #MatthewEstill #MelissaHCantrell #OpenAccess #OpenAccessPublishing #RachelCaldwell #ResearchFunding

Publication en accès ouvert et coûts d’Article Processing Charges (APC) en Argentine

https://microblogging.infodocs.eu/2025/06/03/publication-en-acces-ouvert-et-couts-darticle-processing-charges-apc-en-argentine/

#Argentina #ArticleprocessingCharges #FernandaBeigel #FlaviaPrado #OpenAccess #OpenAccessPublishing #OsvaldoGallardo #ScholarlyPublishing #ScientificCommunication #SoledadGomez

From Fees to Free: Comparing APC-Based and Diamond Open Access Journals in Engineering

https://microblogging.infodocs.eu/2025/04/07/from-fees-to-free-comparing-apc-based-and-diamond-open-access-journals-in-engineering/

#ArticleprocessingCharges #DiamondOpenAccess #GustavoDambiskiGomesDeCarvalho #LusEduardoPilatti #LuisMauricioMartinsDeResende #LuizAlbertoPilatti #OpenAccess #ScholarlyPublishing #ScientificCommunication

Knowledge Production and Intellectual Property: A Perspective on Scientific Publications in the Capitalist System

https://microblogging.infodocs.eu/2025/03/21/knowledge-production-and-intellectual-property-a-perspective-on-scientific-publications-in-the-capitalist-system/

#ArticleprocessingCharges #OpenAccess #OpenAccessPublishing #ScholarlyPublishing #ScientificCommunication #SofiaGuilhemBasilio

Knowledge Production and Intellectual Property: A Perspective on Scientific Publications in the Capitalist System

https://microblogging.infodocs.eu/2025/03/21/knowledge-production-and-intellectual-property-a-perspective-on-scientific-publications-in-the-capitalist-system/

#ArticleprocessingCharges #OpenAccess #OpenAccessPublishing #ScholarlyPublishing #ScientificCommunication #SofiaGuilhemBasilio

Knowledge Production and Intellectual Property: A Perspective on Scientific Publications in the Capitalist System

https://microblogging.infodocs.eu/2025/03/21/knowledge-production-and-intellectual-property-a-perspective-on-scientific-publications-in-the-capitalist-system/

#ArticleprocessingCharges #OpenAccess #OpenAccessPublishing #ScholarlyPublishing #ScientificCommunication #SofiaGuilhemBasilio

Knowledge Production and Intellectual Property: A Perspective on Scientific Publications in the Capitalist System

https://microblogging.infodocs.eu/2025/03/21/knowledge-production-and-intellectual-property-a-perspective-on-scientific-publications-in-the-capitalist-system/

#ArticleprocessingCharges #OpenAccess #OpenAccessPublishing #ScholarlyPublishing #ScientificCommunication #SofiaGuilhemBasilio

Academic Quality or Commercial Concern? The Role of APCs in Open-Access Communication Studies Journals

https://microblogging.infodocs.eu/2025/03/02/academic-quality-or-commercial-concern-the-role-of-apcs-in-open-access-communication-studies-journals/

#ArticleprocessingCharges #BurakIli #CommunicationStudies #GoldOpenAccess #OpenAccess #OpenAccessPublishing #ResearchQuality #ScholarlyPublishing #ScientificCommunication #ScientificJournals

Open Access APCs Are Already a Scam”: Knowledge and Opinions of Open Access and Article Processing Charges From Faculty at a Large Public University

https://microblogging.infodocs.eu/2024/12/12/open-access-apcs-are-already-a-scam-knowledge-and-opinions-of-open-access-and-article-processing-charges-from-faculty-at-a-large-public-university/

#ArticleprocessingCharges #CaseStudy #HeidiMWinkler #OpenAccess #OpenAccessPublishing #ScholarlyPublishing #ScientificCommunication #UnitedStates

...2/2 "Cette situation confère aux maisons d'édition traditionnelles (qui ne sont pas en libre accès) un pouvoir sur le marché considérable. Il élève les barrières à l'entrée, réduit la concurrence et augmente les coûts pour les bibliothèques et les universités"
Mais QUAND va-t-on cesser cette folie des accords "transformants" ???!!🤯
#openaccess #oaweek #transformativeagreements #openscience #publishers #hydridesjournals #APCs #articleprocessingcharges

...2/2 "Cette situation confère aux maisons d'édition traditionnelles (qui ne sont pas en libre accès) un pouvoir sur le marché considérable. Il élève les barrières à l'entrée, réduit la concurrence et augmente les coûts pour les bibliothèques et les universités"
Mais QUAND va-t-on cesser cette folie des accords "transformants" ???!!🤯
#openaccess #oaweek #transformativeagreements #openscience #publishers #hydridesjournals #APCs #articleprocessingcharges

...2/2 "Cette situation confère aux maisons d'édition traditionnelles (qui ne sont pas en libre accès) un pouvoir sur le marché considérable. Il élève les barrières à l'entrée, réduit la concurrence et augmente les coûts pour les bibliothèques et les universités"
Mais QUAND va-t-on cesser cette folie des accords "transformants" ???!!🤯
#openaccess #oaweek #transformativeagreements #openscience #publishers #hydridesjournals #APCs #articleprocessingcharges

...2/2 "Cette situation confère aux maisons d'édition traditionnelles (qui ne sont pas en libre accès) un pouvoir sur le marché considérable. Il élève les barrières à l'entrée, réduit la concurrence et augmente les coûts pour les bibliothèques et les universités"
Mais QUAND va-t-on cesser cette folie des accords "transformants" ???!!🤯
#openaccess #oaweek #transformativeagreements #openscience #publishers #hydridesjournals #APCs #articleprocessingcharges

...2/2 "Cette situation confère aux maisons d'édition traditionnelles (qui ne sont pas en libre accès) un pouvoir sur le marché considérable. Il élève les barrières à l'entrée, réduit la concurrence et augmente les coûts pour les bibliothèques et les universités"
Mais QUAND va-t-on cesser cette folie des accords "transformants" ???!!🤯
#openaccess #oaweek #transformativeagreements #openscience #publishers #hydridesjournals #APCs #articleprocessingcharges

The Costs of Open Access Publication: A Case Study at Catalan Universities

https://microblogging.infodocs.eu/2024/10/18/the-costs-of-open-access-publication-a-case-study-at-catalan-universities/

#ngelBorrego #ArticleprocessingCharges #Catalonia #LlusAnglada #OpenAccess #OpenAccessPublishing #ScholarlyPublishing #ScientificCommunication

When researchers pay to publish: Results from a survey on APCs in four countries

https://microblogging.infodocs.eu/2024/10/18/when-researchers-pay-to-publish-results-from-a-survey-on-apcs-in-four-countries/

#AndreLuizAppel #Argentina #ArticleprocessingCharges #Brazil #FranoisVanSchalkwyk #GripAPCTeam #MatasMilia #Mexico #OpenAccess #OpenAccessJournals #OpenAccessPublishing #OsvaldoGallardo #ScholarlyPublishing #ScientificCommunication #ScientificPractices #SouthAfrica

Open dataset of annual #ArticleProcessingCharges #APCs of gold and hybrid journals published by Elsevier, Frontiers, MDPI, PLOS, Springer-Nature and Wiley 2019-2023 - ScholCommLab's Dataverse
https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/CR1MMV

Open dataset of annual #ArticleProcessingCharges #APCs of gold and hybrid journals published by Elsevier, Frontiers, MDPI, PLOS, Springer-Nature and Wiley 2019-2023 - ScholCommLab's Dataverse
https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/CR1MMV

If you’re interested in how Article Processing Charges (APCs) have changed over the past five years, the data from six major publishers are now available accompanied by a paper on the arXiv with the abstract:

This paper introduces a dataset of article processing charges (APCs) produced from the price lists of six large scholarly publishers – Elsevier, Frontiers, PLOS, MDPI, Springer Nature and Wiley – between 2019 and 2023. APC price lists were downloaded from publisher websites each year as well as via Wayback Machine snapshots to retrieve fees per journal per year. The dataset includes journal metadata, APC collection method, and annual APC price list information in several currencies (USD, EUR, GBP, CHF, JPY, CAD) for 8,712 unique journals and 36,618 journal-year combinations. The dataset was generated to allow for more precise analysis of APCs and can support library collection development and scientometric analysis estimating APCs paid in gold and hybrid OA journals.

There’s even an interactive data explorer here, at which link you can also find this very informative summary graphic:

Surprise, surprise: the vast majority have gone up!

These figures apply to Gold and Hybrid Open Access publications, but not to Diamond Open Access journals which are free to both authors and readers and avoid these rip-off charges. In my opinion research institutions would be much better off investing in Diamond Open Access publishing than sending their hard-earned cash to profiteering outfits such as Elsevier.

https://telescoper.blog/2024/07/10/counting-the-cost-of-gold-open-access/

#APC #ArticleProcessingCharges #Elsevier #Frontiers #GoldOpenAccess #MDPI #PLOS #SpringerNature #Wiley

Rejoignez le collège Publications du Comité pour la #scienceouverte !
https://www.ouvrirlascience.fr/appel-a-manifestation-dinteret-du-college-publications/
Vous pouvez transmettre votre candidature jusqu'au 31 août.
#publicationscientifique #editionscientifique #articleprocessingcharges #accessouvertdiamant

Rejoignez le collège Publications du Comité pour la #scienceouverte !
https://www.ouvrirlascience.fr/appel-a-manifestation-dinteret-du-college-publications/
Vous pouvez transmettre votre candidature jusqu'au 31 août.
#publicationscientifique #editionscientifique #articleprocessingcharges #accessouvertdiamant

Rejoignez le collège Publications du Comité pour la #scienceouverte !
https://www.ouvrirlascience.fr/appel-a-manifestation-dinteret-du-college-publications/
Vous pouvez transmettre votre candidature jusqu'au 31 août.
#publicationscientifique #editionscientifique #articleprocessingcharges #accessouvertdiamant

Rejoignez le collège Publications du Comité pour la #scienceouverte !
https://www.ouvrirlascience.fr/appel-a-manifestation-dinteret-du-college-publications/
Vous pouvez transmettre votre candidature jusqu'au 31 août.
#publicationscientifique #editionscientifique #articleprocessingcharges #accessouvertdiamant

An open dataset of article processing charges from six large scholarly publishers

https://microblogging.infodocs.eu/2024/06/21/an-open-dataset-of-article-processing-charges-from-six-large-scholarly-publishers/

#ArticleprocessingCharges #Elsevier #EricSchares #Frontiers #GoldOpenAccess #JuanPabloAlperin #LeighAnnButler #MadelaineHare #MDPI #MonitoringArticleProcessingCharges #NinaSchnfelder #OpenAccess #OpenAccessPublishing #PLOS #SpringerNatureAndWiley #StefanieHaustein

Choice of Open Access in Elsevier Hybrid Journals

https://microblogging.infodocs.eu/2024/03/05/choice-of-open-access-in-elsevier-hybrid-journals/

#ArticleprocessingCharges #Elsevier #HybridOpenAccess #OpenAccess #OpenAccessPublishing #ScholarlyJournals #ScholarlyPublishing #SumikoAsai #TransformativeAgreements

Does it pay to pay? A comparison of the benefits of open-access publishing across various sub-fields in biology

https://microblogging.infodocs.eu/2024/03/04/does-it-pay-to-pay-a-comparison-of-the-benefits-of-open-access-publishing-across-various-sub-fields-in-biology/

#AliKrzton #AmandaDClark #ArticleprocessingCharges #BiomedicalResearch #OpenAccess #OpenAccessPublishing #ScholarlyPublishing #ScientificCommunication #TannerCMyers #ToddDSteury

Determinants of manuscript submissions to fully open access journals: elasticity to article processing charges

https://microblogging.infodocs.eu/2024/01/23/determinants-of-manuscript-submissions-to-fully-open-access-journals-elasticity-to-article-processing-charges/

#ArticleprocessingCharges #DeterminantOfSubmission #ScholarlyPublishing #ScientificCommunication #SumikoAsai

The Oligopoly’s Shift to Open Access. How the Big Five Academic Publishers Profit from Article Processing Charges

https://microblogging.infodocs.eu/2023/11/11/the-oligopolys-shift-to-open-access-how-the-big-five-academic-publishers-profit-from-article-processing-charges/

#ArticleprocessingCharges #Elsevier #GoldenRoad #LeighAnnButler #LisaMatthias #MarcAndrSimard #OpenAccess #OpenAccessPublishing #PhilippeMongeon #Sage #ScholarlyPublishing #ScientificCommunication #SpringerNature #Stefanie

The Oligopoly’s Shift to Open Access. How the Big Five Academic Publishers Profit from Article Processing Charges

https://microblogging.infodocs.eu/2023/11/11/the-oligopolys-shift-to-open-access-how-the-big-five-academic-publishers-profit-from-article-processing-charges/

#ArticleprocessingCharges #Elsevier #GoldenRoad #LeighAnnButler #LisaMatthias #MarcAndrSimard #OpenAccess #OpenAccessPublishing #PhilippeMongeon #Sage #ScholarlyPublishing #ScientificCommunication #SpringerNature #Stefanie

#OpenAccess-News für Angehörige der @UniKoeln! Ihr möchtet in einer Zeitschrift veröffentlichen, die #ArticleProcessingCharges erhebt? Hier gibt's einen Überblick über die Verlage und Publikationsportale, bei denen keine Kosten anfallen oder die Rabatte auf #APC|s bieten: https://www.ub.uni-koeln.de/forschen_publizieren/open_access/vertraege_wissenschaftsverlage/index_ger.html #OA #News

#OpenAccess-News für Angehörige der @UniKoeln! Ihr möchtet in einer Zeitschrift veröffentlichen, die #ArticleProcessingCharges erhebt? Hier gibt's einen Überblick über die Verlage und Publikationsportale, bei denen keine Kosten anfallen oder die Rabatte auf #APC|s bieten: https://www.ub.uni-koeln.de/forschen_publizieren/open_access/vertraege_wissenschaftsverlage/index_ger.html #OA #News

#OpenAccess-News für Angehörige der @UniKoeln! Ihr möchtet in einer Zeitschrift veröffentlichen, die #ArticleProcessingCharges erhebt? Hier gibt's einen Überblick über die Verlage und Publikationsportale, bei denen keine Kosten anfallen oder die Rabatte auf #APC|s bieten: https://www.ub.uni-koeln.de/forschen_publizieren/open_access/vertraege_wissenschaftsverlage/index_ger.html #OA #News

#OpenAccess-News für Angehörige der @UniKoeln! Ihr möchtet in einer Zeitschrift veröffentlichen, die #ArticleProcessingCharges erhebt? Hier gibt's einen Überblick über die Verlage und Publikationsportale, bei denen keine Kosten anfallen oder die Rabatte auf #APC|s bieten: https://www.ub.uni-koeln.de/forschen_publizieren/open_access/vertraege_wissenschaftsverlage/index_ger.html #OA #News

@[email protected] qui regroupe seize sociétés savantes de chimie européennes, s'engage dans dans l' #openaccess avec ses revues, sur un modèle #gold à #ArticleProcessingCharges APC
ChemElectroChem est la 1e de ses 19 revues à abandonner le modèle par abonnement
https://scg.ch/scg-news/2812-ce-announdement-221219