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Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Royal Society hybrid program charges by the article, not the page

The Royal Society has modified the fee structure for its hybrid OA program, EXiS Open Choice.  From the announcement:

...In response to author feedback, pricing will change from a per page rate to a per article rate.

With article based pricing, the author will know - from initial submission - what the price will be, rather than having to wait for the article to be paginated....

There are now two article rates:

Full research articles and reviews are priced at £2,600 ($4,420).

Shorter format articles are priced at the lower rate of £1,500 ($2,550).

Full details of the new pricing structure are now available.