Journals
Journals with an APC at or under $2,000
List prices quoted in US dollars, against the $2,000 figure in the proposed NIH publication cost limit.
Checked 23 September 2026
USD-listed APCs only. 156 of the 753 journals we track with a US dollar list price are at or under $2,000. 646 journals with prices in CHF, EUR or GBP and 153 journals stating no price are excluded — listed in another currency, not comparable to a USD limit.
Status: proposed, not policy. Proposed in NIH RFI NOT-OD-25-138, released 30 July 2025. Not finalized as of 23 September 2026. An RFI asks for comment on options; it does not set a rule. Nothing below is in force. The notice proposed an effective date of 1 January 2026; that date has passed and the notice still lists no related or superseding announcement. Check it before relying on any of this.
The list
Lowest first. List price before tax, before any waiver, institutional agreement or country-tiered adjustment. Filtering happens in your browser; nothing is stored.
| Journal | Publisher | APC (USD) | Checked | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Journal of High Energy Physics | Springer Nature (Springer) | $0 no author fee | 2026-09-16 | Publisher fee page |
| The European Physical Journal C | Springer Nature (Springer) | $0 no author fee | 2026-09-16 | Publisher fee page |
| iProceedings | JMIR Publications | $0 no author fee | 2026-09-16 | Publisher fee page |
| JMIRx Bio | JMIR Publications | $1,000 | 2026-09-16 | Publisher fee page |
| JMIRx Med | JMIR Publications | $1,000 | 2026-09-16 | Publisher fee page |
| City, Territory and Architecture | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,090 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Brain Informatics | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,140 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Food Science of Animal Resources | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,190 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Urban Transformations | Springer Nature (BioMed Central) | $1,190 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Optics Continuum | Optica Publishing Group | $1,240 | 2026-09-16 | Publisher fee page |
| Journal of Materials Science: Composites | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,290 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Sustainable Earth Reviews | Springer Nature (BioMed Central) | $1,290 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| International Journal for Educational Integrity | Springer Nature (BioMed Central) | $1,340 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| City and Built Environment | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,390 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| npj Climate Action | Springer Nature (Nature Portfolio) | $1,390 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Geoenvironmental Disasters | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,440 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Geoscience Letters | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,440 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| International Journal of Networked and Distributed Computing | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,440 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| npj Mental Health Research | Springer Nature (Nature Portfolio) | $1,440 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Cybersecurity | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,485 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| BMC Methods | Springer Nature (BioMed Central) | $1,490 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Comparative Migration Studies | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,490 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Green Technology, Resilience, and Sustainability | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,490 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| AIP Advances | AIP Publishing | $1,500 | 2026-09-16 | Publisher fee page |
| Asian/Pacific Island Nursing Journal | JMIR Publications | $1,500 | 2026-09-16 | Publisher fee page |
| JMIR Bioinformatics and Biotechnology | JMIR Publications | $1,500 | 2026-09-16 | Publisher fee page |
| JMIR Biomedical Engineering | JMIR Publications | $1,500 | 2026-09-16 | Publisher fee page |
| JMIR Data | JMIR Publications | $1,500 | 2026-09-16 | Publisher fee page |
| JMIR Dermatology | JMIR Publications | $1,500 | 2026-09-16 | Publisher fee page |
| JMIR Metascience and Research Integrity | JMIR Publications | $1,500 | 2026-09-16 | Publisher fee page |
| JMIR Neurotechnology | JMIR Publications | $1,500 | 2026-09-16 | Publisher fee page |
| JMIR Perioperative Medicine | JMIR Publications | $1,500 | 2026-09-16 | Publisher fee page |
| JMIR XR and Spatial Computing | JMIR Publications | $1,500 | 2026-09-16 | Publisher fee page |
| Journal of Participatory Medicine | JMIR Publications | $1,500 | 2026-09-16 | Publisher fee page |
| Microbiology Resource Announcements | American Society for Microbiology | $1,500 | 2026-09-16 | Publisher fee page |
| Online Journal of Public Health Informatics | JMIR Publications | $1,500 | 2026-09-16 | Publisher fee page |
| Energy Informatics | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,540 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Journal of Electric Propulsion | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,540 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Journal of Nonlinear Mathematical Physics | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,540 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Microplastics and Nanoplastics | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,540 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| EURASIP Journal on Information Security | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,590 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Genus | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,590 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Journal of Materials Science: Materials Theory | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,590 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Engineering | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,590 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Journal of Statistical Theory and Applications | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,590 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| MethodsX | Elsevier | $1,660 | 2026-09-16 | Publisher fee page |
| Agricultural and Food Economics | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,690 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,690 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Computational Science and Engineering | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,690 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Discover Artificial Intelligence | Springer Nature (Discover) | $1,690 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Discover Chemical Engineering | Springer Nature (Discover) | $1,690 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Discover Energy | Springer Nature (Discover) | $1,690 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Discover Internet of Things | Springer Nature (Discover) | $1,690 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Discover Water | Springer Nature (Discover) | $1,690 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Earth, Planets and Space | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,690 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Epigenetics Communications | Springer Nature (BioMed Central) | $1,690 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Journal of Biomedical Semantics | Springer Nature (BioMed Central) | $1,690 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Journal of Infrastructure Preservation and Resilience | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,690 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Journal of Mathematics in Industry | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,690 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Journal of Shipping and Trade | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,690 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| One Health Outlook | Springer Nature (BioMed Central) | $1,690 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,690 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Sustainable Energy Research | Springer Nature (BioMed Central) | $1,690 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Urban Rail Transit | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,690 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| ROBOMECH Journal | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,750 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Optical Materials Express | Optica Publishing Group | $1,760 | 2026-09-16 | Publisher fee page |
| Biomedical Optics Express | Optica Publishing Group | $1,775 | 2026-09-16 | Publisher fee page |
| Applied Biological Chemistry | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,790 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Applied Network Science | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,790 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| BMC Research Notes | Springer Nature (BioMed Central) | $1,790 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Bioscience Nanotechnology | Springer Nature (BioMed Central) | $1,790 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Computational Urban Science | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,790 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Discover Food | Springer Nature (Discover) | $1,790 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Discover Materials | Springer Nature (Discover) | $1,790 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Discover Mental Health | Springer Nature (Discover) | $1,790 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Discover Psychology | Springer Nature (Discover) | $1,790 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Discover Social Science and Health | Springer Nature (Discover) | $1,790 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Discover Sustainability | Springer Nature (Discover) | $1,790 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Journal of Physiological Anthropology | Springer Nature (BioMed Central) | $1,790 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Journal of Transformative Technologies and Sustainable Development | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,790 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Progress in Earth and Planetary Science | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,870 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| JMIR Cardio | JMIR Publications | $1,873 | 2026-09-16 | Publisher fee page |
| AI Perspectives & Advances | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,890 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Advanced Modeling and Simulation in Engineering Sciences | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,890 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Artery Research | Springer Nature (BioMed Central) | $1,890 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Catal | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,890 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Crime Science | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,890 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Ecological Processes | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,890 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| European Journal of Futures Research | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,890 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Fixed Point Theory and Algorithms for Sciences and Engineering | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,890 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases | Springer Nature (BioMed Central) | $1,890 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Health & Justice | Springer Nature (BioMed Central) | $1,890 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Health Nanotechnology | Springer Nature (BioMed Central) | $1,890 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Journal of Cloud Computing | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,890 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Journal of Disaster Science and Management | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,890 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,890 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Energy | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,890 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Journal of Sustainable Business | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,890 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Language Testing in Asia | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,890 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Metabologia | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,890 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine | Springer Nature (BioMed Central) | $1,890 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Process Science | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,890 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| JMIR Research Protocols | JMIR Publications | $1,900 | 2026-09-16 | Publisher fee page |
| Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,940 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| SOLA | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,940 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Food, Nutrition and Health | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,956 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Fashion and Textiles | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,970 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Interactive Journal of Medical Research | JMIR Publications | $1,985 | 2026-09-16 | Publisher fee page |
| JMIR AI | JMIR Publications | $1,985 | 2026-09-16 | Publisher fee page |
| JMIR Cancer | JMIR Publications | $1,985 | 2026-09-16 | Publisher fee page |
| JMIR Diabetes | JMIR Publications | $1,985 | 2026-09-16 | Publisher fee page |
| JMIR Human Factors | JMIR Publications | $1,985 | 2026-09-16 | Publisher fee page |
| JMIR Infodemiology | JMIR Publications | $1,985 | 2026-09-16 | Publisher fee page |
| JMIR Nursing | JMIR Publications | $1,985 | 2026-09-16 | Publisher fee page |
| JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting | JMIR Publications | $1,985 | 2026-09-16 | Publisher fee page |
| JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies | JMIR Publications | $1,985 | 2026-09-16 | Publisher fee page |
| AAPPS Bulletin | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,990 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| AAPS Open | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,990 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Advances in Continuous and Discrete Models | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,990 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Advances in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,990 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Aquaculture Science and Management | Springer Nature (BioMed Central) | $1,990 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| BMC Environmental Science | Springer Nature (BioMed Central) | $1,990 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| BMC Marine Science | Springer Nature (BioMed Central) | $1,990 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| BMC Zoology | Springer Nature (BioMed Central) | $1,990 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Beni-Suef University Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,990 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Bioresources and Bioprocessing | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,990 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Boundary Value Problems | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,990 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Carbon Balance and Management | Springer Nature (BioMed Central) | $1,990 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Carbon Research | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,990 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Clean Oceans | Springer Nature (BioMed Central) | $1,990 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Clinical Phytoscience | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,990 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,990 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Companion Animal Health and Genetics | Springer Nature (BioMed Central) | $1,990 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Dairy Science and Management | Springer Nature (BioMed Central) | $1,990 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Discover Applied Sciences | Springer Nature (Discover) | $1,990 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| EPJ Data Science | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,990 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| EPJ Techniques and Instrumentation | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,990 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| EURASIP Journal on Audio, Speech, and Music Processing | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,990 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| European Transport Research Review | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,990 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Geothermal Energy | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,990 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Humanities and Social Sciences Communications | Springer Nature (Palgrave Macmillan) | $1,990 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Innovative Surgical Trends | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,990 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| International Journal of Retina and Vitreous | Springer Nature (BioMed Central) | $1,990 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors | Springer Nature (BioMed Central) | $1,990 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Journal of International Humanitarian Action | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,990 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Micro & Nano Manufacturing | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,990 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Micro and Nano Systems Letters | Springer Nature (The Society of Micro and Nano Systems co-published with Springer) | $1,990 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Mycobacteria | Springer Nature (BioMed Central) | $1,990 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Ocean Ecosystems | Springer Nature (BioMed Central) | $1,990 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Ocean Microbiology | Springer Nature (BioMed Central) | $1,990 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Phycology Journal | Springer Nature (BioMed Central) | $1,990 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Poultry Science and Management | Springer Nature (BioMed Central) | $1,990 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Science and AI | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,990 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Zeitschrift für Weiterbildungsforschung | Springer Nature (Springer) | $1,990 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| npj Digital Public Health | Springer Nature (Nature Portfolio) | $1,990 | 2026-08-23 | Publisher fee page |
| Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education | American Society for Microbiology | $2,000 | 2026-09-16 | Publisher fee page |
Thresholds are in US dollars, so only journals whose list price is quoted in US dollars can be compared to them. We do not convert currencies: an exchange rate on the day we publish is not the rate you will be billed at, and a converted figure would look like a verified price when it is not. 646 journals in our data are priced in CHF, EUR or GBP and 153 state no price; all are excluded from every count on this page. Source: each publisher’s own fee page, linked per row, collected in prices-verified.json (CC BY 4.0). Reconfirm on the publisher’s page before submitting — prices change.