# Biomedical Publications > Independent, free data on 11,447 biomedical journals: article processing charges, fee waivers, indexing, peer-review model, and time to publication. Built from OpenAlex (CC0) and DOAJ. Not a publisher. No journal is operated here. No publisher pays to be listed or ranked. This site answers practical questions researchers type into Google and into AI tools. Figures change when the source registries change. Metrics here are OpenAlex citation statistics, not Clarivate Journal Impact Factors. Charges are list prices; waivers and Read & Publish deals often reduce what an author actually pays. ## Questions this site answers - [What does it cost to publish in a biomedical journal?](https://biomedicalpublications.com/guides/how-much-does-it-cost-to-publish/): Median list APC is $3,140 where a charge is published. - [Which journals charge $0 to publish?](https://biomedicalpublications.com/guides/journals-with-no-publication-fee/): 1,290 journals in the directory list no publication charge. - [Can I pay $0 even if the journal has an APC?](https://biomedicalpublications.com/pay-zero/): Country waivers and Read & Publish deals that can bring the fee to zero. - [How do I get an APC waiver?](https://biomedicalpublications.com/guides/apc-waivers-how-to-get-one/): What journals disclose and how to ask. - [What is a Read & Publish agreement?](https://biomedicalpublications.com/guides/read-and-publish-transformative-agreements/): Institutional deals that often cover the APC in full. - [How long does peer review take?](https://biomedicalpublications.com/guides/how-long-does-peer-review-take/): Stated turnaround from the same dataset as the directory. - [How do I choose a journal?](https://biomedicalpublications.com/guides/how-to-choose-a-journal/): Cost, indexing, scope, and time — not a quality verdict. - [How do I check a journal is legitimate?](https://biomedicalpublications.com/guides/how-to-verify-a-journal-is-legitimate/): Seven checks you can run yourself in about twenty minutes. - [What does indexing actually mean?](https://biomedicalpublications.com/guides/what-indexing-actually-means/): DOAJ and other listings, and what they do not prove. - [Impact Factor vs h-index vs CiteScore?](https://biomedicalpublications.com/guides/impact-factor-vs-h-index-vs-citescore/): Three different counts. This site never presents an Impact Factor. - [Is my paper Plan S compliant at this journal?](https://biomedicalpublications.com/guides/plan-s-compliance/): Open-access and repository facts that affect compliance. - [Which journal fits my abstract?](https://biomedicalpublications.com/publication-dna/): Ranked matches with cost, time, and a verification number. - [Which journals match my paper in the browser only?](https://biomedicalpublications.com/match/): Client-side matcher. The abstract never leaves the browser. - [What are the most-cited recent OA papers in my field?](https://biomedicalpublications.com/research/): Live-style research list by field. ## Tools - [Home](https://biomedicalpublications.com/): Overview, search, and the main tools. - [Journal directory](https://biomedicalpublications.com/journals/): All 11,447 journals, filterable and sortable. - [APC finder](https://biomedicalpublications.com/apc/): Filter by charge, field, turnaround, and waiver. - [Pay $0](https://biomedicalpublications.com/pay-zero/): No-APC journals, country waivers, Read & Publish publishers. - [Publication DNA](https://biomedicalpublications.com/publication-dna/): Abstract-to-journal report with a shareable card and verification number. - [Quick match](https://biomedicalpublications.com/match/): Instant shortlist in the browser. Nothing is uploaded or stored. - [Journal check](https://biomedicalpublications.com/check/): Registry listings, declared review model, stated fees, preservation, DOIs. - [Compare journals](https://biomedicalpublications.com/compare/): Two to five journals side by side on APC, DOAJ, h-index, and time. - [Verify a report](https://biomedicalpublications.com/verify/): Look up a Publication DNA verification number. - [Browse by field](https://biomedicalpublications.com/fields/): Journals grouped by subject. - [Browse by publisher](https://biomedicalpublications.com/publishers/): Journals grouped by publisher. - [Guides](https://biomedicalpublications.com/guides/): Editorial guides written from this dataset. - [Glossary](https://biomedicalpublications.com/glossary/): APC, DOAJ, waiver, turnaround, and related terms. - [Updates](https://biomedicalpublications.com/updates/): What changed in the data. ## How the data is built - [Methodology](https://biomedicalpublications.com/methodology/): How records are built and what is deliberately excluded. - [Data sources and licensing](https://biomedicalpublications.com/data-sources/): OpenAlex (CC0) and DOAJ. - [Editorial and affiliate disclosure](https://biomedicalpublications.com/disclosure/): Independence policy. No paid placement. - [About](https://biomedicalpublications.com/about/): Who runs the site. - [Contact](https://biomedicalpublications.com/contact/): help@biomedicalpublications.com - [For institutions](https://biomedicalpublications.com/institutions/): Dataset and tool use for libraries and research offices. - [Sitemap](https://biomedicalpublications.com/sitemap-index.xml): Full URL list for crawlers. - [Robots](https://biomedicalpublications.com/robots.txt): Crawl rules. Private /api and admin paths are disallowed. ## Key figures Use these as a snapshot only. Recheck the live pages before citing. - Journals tracked: 11,447 - Open access: 5,990 - Listed in DOAJ: 3,620 - With a published APC: 4,496 - Median APC where published: $3,140 - Charge nothing to publish: 1,290 - Offer fee waivers: 1,838 - Report time to publication: 3,620 - Publishers: 1,455 across 21 fields Caveats: h-index and 2-year citedness are OpenAlex figures, not Journal Impact Factors. List APC is not always the price an author pays. This site does not label journals predatory. Founding years are omitted because OpenAlex first-publication dates are often wrong. ## Optional - [New England Journal of Medicine](https://biomedicalpublications.com/journals/new-england-journal-of-medicine/): h-index 1510. Fee not published. - [Cell](https://biomedicalpublications.com/journals/cell/): h-index 1232. List APC $11,400. - [The Lancet](https://biomedicalpublications.com/journals/the-lancet/): h-index 1208. List APC $7,890. - [Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences](https://biomedicalpublications.com/journals/proceedings-of-the-national-academy-of-sciences/): h-index 1176. Fee not published. - [JAMA](https://biomedicalpublications.com/journals/jama/): h-index 1013. Fee not published. - [Nucleic Acids Research](https://biomedicalpublications.com/journals/nucleic-acids-research/): h-index 882. List APC $3,992. - [Circulation](https://biomedicalpublications.com/journals/circulation/): h-index 849. Fee not published. - [Nature Genetics](https://biomedicalpublications.com/journals/nature-genetics/): h-index 789. List APC $12,690. - [Journal of Biological Chemistry](https://biomedicalpublications.com/journals/journal-of-biological-chemistry/): h-index 784. List APC $3,430. - [Nature Medicine](https://biomedicalpublications.com/journals/nature-medicine/): h-index 767. List APC $12,690. - [Nature Communications](https://biomedicalpublications.com/journals/nature-communications/): h-index 749. List APC $6,990. - [Journal of Clinical Oncology](https://biomedicalpublications.com/journals/journal-of-clinical-oncology/): h-index 740. Fee not published. - [Journal of Clinical Investigation](https://biomedicalpublications.com/journals/journal-of-clinical-investigation/): h-index 713. List APC $5,200. - [Neuron](https://biomedicalpublications.com/journals/neuron/): h-index 700. List APC $10,400. - [Journal of Neuroscience](https://biomedicalpublications.com/journals/journal-of-neuroscience/): h-index 656. Fee not published. - [Medicine field](https://biomedicalpublications.com/fields/medicine/): 8,072 journals. - [Health Professions field](https://biomedicalpublications.com/fields/health-professions/): 1,061 journals. - [Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology](https://biomedicalpublications.com/fields/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/): 959 journals.