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Communications Earth & Environment vs Environmental Research Letters
Communications Earth & Environment: $3,690 · Environmental Research Letters: $3,230 — list APC checked 16 September 2026. Waivers, read-and-publish and indexing below.
Communications Earth & Environment charges $3,690 and Environmental Research Letters charges $3,230 per article (list price before tax, checked 16 September 2026) — Environmental Research Letters is $460 cheaper at list. Your country's waiver tier or a read-and-publish agreement can flip that.
Where each stands
| Communications Earth & Environment | Environmental Research Letters | |
|---|---|---|
| Publisher | Springer Nature | IOP Publishing |
| Field | earth-science | environmental-science |
| Quartile | Q1 | Q1 |
| APC (list) | $3,690 | $3,230 |
| Waiver basis | World Bank income | World Bank income |
| Read & Publish | Yes | Yes |
| Scopus | Yes | Yes |
| Web of Science | Yes | Yes |
| PubMed | No | No |
| DOAJ | Yes | Yes |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 | CC BY 4.0 |
Which should you submit to
- At list price, Environmental Research Letters is $460 cheaper — $3,230 against $3,690.
List prices confirmed on the publisher's fee page; reconfirm before submitting.