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Communications Medicine vs npj Parkinson's Disease
Communications Medicine: $3,890 · npj Parkinson's Disease: $4,090 — list APC checked 23 August 2026. Waivers, read-and-publish and indexing below.
Communications Medicine charges $3,890 and npj Parkinson's Disease charges $4,090 per article (list price before tax, checked 23 August 2026) — Communications Medicine is $200 cheaper at list. Your country's waiver tier or a read-and-publish agreement can flip that.
Where each stands
| Communications Medicine | npj Parkinson's Disease | |
|---|---|---|
| Publisher | Springer Nature | Springer Nature |
| Field | medicine | medicine |
| Quartile | Q1 | Q1 |
| APC (list) | $3,890 | $4,090 |
| Waiver basis | World Bank income | World Bank income |
| Read & Publish | Yes | Yes |
| Scopus | Yes | Yes |
| Web of Science | Yes | Yes |
| PubMed | Yes | Yes |
| DOAJ | Yes | Yes |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 | CC BY 4.0 |
Which should you submit to
- At list price, Communications Medicine is $200 cheaper — $3,890 against $4,090.
List prices confirmed on the publisher's fee page; reconfirm before submitting.