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IOP Publishing publication fees (APC) 2026
92 IOP Publishing journals with the APC the publisher lists, open access or hybrid, each with its source.
Checked 14 October 2026
IOP Publishing lists article processing charges (APCs) for 92 journals in our data; fully open access journals charge $2,155 to $3,940 (median $2,802); 57 are hybrid, where open access is optional and costs $3,665 at the median. List prices before tax and waivers, read from IOP Publishing’s own price list or fee pages; checked 14 October 2026. 5 journals currently charge nothing.
APC by journal
| Journal | APC | Model | ISSN | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2D Materials | $4,295 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 2053-1583 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Advances in Natural Sciences: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology | $1,970 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 2043-6262 | source 2026-10-14 |
| AI for Science | free | Open access | 2752-5724 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Applied Physics Express | $2,610 | Open access | 1882-0786 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Biofabrication | $4,295 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 1758-5090 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Bioinspiration & Biomimetics | $3,665 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 1748-3190 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Biomedical Materials | $3,665 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 1748-605X | source 2026-10-14 |
| Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express | $2,645 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 2057-1976 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Chinese Physics B | $2,500 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 2058-3834 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Chinese Physics C | $2,655 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 2058-6132 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Chinese Physics Letters | $2,500 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 1741-3540 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Classical and Quantum Gravity | $3,665 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 1361-6382 | source 2026-10-14 |
| ECS Advances | $2,155 | Open access | 2754-2734 | source 2026-10-14 |
| ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology | $2,155 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 2162-8777 | source 2026-10-14 |
| ECS Sensors Plus | $2,155 | Open access | 2754-2726 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Electronic Structure | $3,665 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 2516-1075 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Engineering Research Express | $2,645 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 2631-8695 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Environmental Research Communications | $2,310 | Open access | 2515-7620 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Environmental Research Letters | $3,400 | Open access | source 2026-10-14 | |
| Environmental Research: Climate | $2,770 | Open access | 2752-5295 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Environmental Research: Ecology | $2,770 | Open access | 2752-664X | source 2026-10-14 |
| Environmental Research: Energy | $2,770 | Open access | 2753-3751 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Environmental Research: Food Systems | $2,770 | Open access | 2976-601X | source 2026-10-14 |
| Environmental Research: Health | $2,770 | Open access | 2752-5309 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability | $2,770 | Open access | 2634-4505 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Environmental Research: Water | $2,770 | Open access | 3033-4942 | source 2026-10-14 |
| European Journal of Physics | $3,665 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 1361-6404 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Flexible and Printed Electronics | $3,665 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 2058-8585 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Fluid Dynamics Research | $3,665 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 1873-7005 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Functional Composites and Structures | $3,665 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 2631-6331 | source 2026-10-14 |
| International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing | $3,940 | Open access | 2631-7990 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Inverse Problems | $3,665 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 1361-6420 | source 2026-10-14 |
| IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science | free | Not stated | 1755-1315 | source 2026-10-14 |
| IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering | free | Not stated | 1757-899X | source 2026-10-14 |
| Journal of Breath Research | $3,665 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 1752-7163 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics | $3,455 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 1475-7516 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Journal of Instrumentation | $3,455 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 1748-0221 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering | $3,665 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 1361-6439 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Journal of Neural Engineering | $3,665 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 1741-2552 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Journal of Optics | $3,665 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 2040-8986 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical | $3,665 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 1751-8121 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics | $3,665 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 1361-6455 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics | $3,665 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 1361-6463 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics | $3,665 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 1361-6471 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter | $3,665 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 1361-648X | source 2026-10-14 |
| Journal of Physics: Conference Series | free | Not stated | 1742-6596 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Journal of Radiological Protection | $3,665 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 1361-6498 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Journal of Reliability Science and Engineering | free | Open access | 3050-2454 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment | $3,455 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 1742-5468 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Journal of the Electrochemical Society | $2,155 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 1945-7111 | source 2026-10-14 |
| JPhys Complexity | $2,900 | Open access | 2632-072X | source 2026-10-14 |
| JPhys Energy | $3,255 | Open access | 2515-7655 | source 2026-10-14 |
| JPhys Materials | $3,025 | Open access | 2515-7639 | source 2026-10-14 |
| JPhys Photonics | $3,150 | Open access | 2515-7647 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Laser Physics | $3,665 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 1555-6611 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Laser Physics Letters | $3,665 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 1612-202X | source 2026-10-14 |
| Machine Learning: Earth | $3,125 | Open access | 3049-4753 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Machine Learning: Engineering | $3,125 | Open access | 3049-4761 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Machine Learning: Health | $3,125 | Open access | 3049-477X | source 2026-10-14 |
| Machine Learning: Science and Technology | $3,350 | Open access | 2632-2153 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Materials for Quantum Technology | $2,970 | Open access | 2633-4356 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Materials Research Express | $2,205 | Open access | 2053-1591 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Measurement Science and Technology | $3,665 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 1361-6501 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Medical Engineering & Physics | $3,670 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 1873-4030 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Medical Sensors & Imaging | $2,835 | Open access | 2977-8425 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Methods and Applications in Fluorescence | $3,665 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 2050-6120 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Metrologia | $2,695 | Open access | 1681-7575 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering | $3,665 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 1361-651X | source 2026-10-14 |
| Nano Express | $2,410 | Open access | 2632-959X | source 2026-10-14 |
| Nano Futures | $4,295 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 2399-1984 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Nanotechnology | $3,665 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 1361-6528 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Neuromorphic Computing and Engineering | $3,255 | Open access | 2634-4386 | source 2026-10-14 |
| New Journal of Physics | $2,875 | Open access | 1367-2630 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Nonlinearity | $3,665 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 1361-6544 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Nuclear Fusion | $3,000 | Open access | 1741-4326 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Physica Scripta | $2,645 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 1402-4896 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Physical Biology | $3,665 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 1478-3975 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Physics Education | $3,665 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 1361-6552 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Physics in Medicine & Biology | $3,665 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 1361-6560 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Physiological Measurement | $3,665 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 1361-6579 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion | $3,665 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 1361-6587 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Plasma Sources Science and Technology | $3,665 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 1361-6595 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Progress in Biomedical Engineering | $5,160 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 2516-1091 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Progress in Energy | $5,160 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 2516-1083 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific | $3,665 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 1538-3873 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Quantum Science and Technology | $4,295 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 2058-9565 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Reports on Progress in Physics | $5,160 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 1361-6633 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Semiconductor Science and Technology | $3,665 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 1361-6641 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Smart Materials and Structures | $3,665 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 1361-665X | source 2026-10-14 |
| Superconductor Science and Technology | $3,665 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 1361-6668 | source 2026-10-14 |
| Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties | $3,665 | Hybrid (optional OA) | 2051-672X | source 2026-10-14 |
| Sustainability Science and Technology | $2,700 | Open access | 2977-3504 | source 2026-10-14 |
List prices for a standard research article, before VAT or local taxes, waivers, institutional agreements and country-tiered pricing. In a hybrid journal you can publish without paying through the subscription route; the price is only for making the article open access. Prices change: confirm on the publisher’s page before you submit.