<div dir="ltr">Article Processing Charges (APC) are fees paid by the author, usually with grant money, for publishing Open Access content. Recently, they were a really hot topic, mostly due to the publication of raw data concerning spending by the Wellcome Trust.<br>
<br>Data has shown that the average price per article, paid by this organization, which is one of the most prominent Open Access funders, is about 3000$. This amount is much higher than previous studies of the Open Access market have shown. The dataset led Ernetso Priego to suggest a “new (Open Access) serial crisis” – with the prices being raised by big players to a level that is not affordable for the average user (in this case: author, his or her university, or grant funder).<div>
<br><a href="http://openscience.com/wrong-article-processing-charges-market/">http://openscience.com/wrong-article-processing-charges-market/</a></div></div>