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Communications Medicine vs PLOS Medicine
Communications Medicine: $3,890 · PLOS Medicine: $6,460 — list APC checked 23 August 2026. Waivers, read-and-publish and indexing below.
Communications Medicine charges $3,890 and PLOS Medicine charges $6,460 per article (list price before tax, checked 23 August 2026) — Communications Medicine is $2,570 cheaper at list. Your country's waiver tier or a read-and-publish agreement can flip that.
Where each stands
| Communications Medicine | PLOS Medicine | |
|---|---|---|
| Publisher | Springer Nature | PLOS |
| Field | medicine | medicine |
| Quartile | Q1 | Q1 |
| APC (list) | $3,890 | $6,460 |
| Waiver basis | World Bank income | Research4Life (institution) |
| 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 $2,570 cheaper — $3,890 against $6,460.
List prices confirmed on the publisher's fee page; reconfirm before submitting.