Fee increase at BMC

BioMed Central has announced an increase in its article processing charges for 2007:

BioMed Central's standard article-processing charge (APC) has been fixed at £750 since July 2005. From January 2007, this will be increased to £850 for the BMC-series of journals and other titles for which peer review is organised in-house. In-house journals with higher editorial input and costs such as Genome Biology will have a higher APC. For independent journals, for which external Editors manage the editorial work, APC changes will take effect from 1 July 2007. The standard APC for independent journals will be £800, but prices will vary according to funding arrangements and agreements with journal Editors.

These increases reflect inflation and increased costs since the introduction of the standard APC of £750 in July 2005 and will keep APCs in line with the true cost to BioMed Central for article production, developing and maintaining websites and editorial systems, providing customer service, and marketing and editorial support.

Full details of all prices will be available on BioMed Central's FAQ page on 1 January 2007.