There's no universal price for a university research magazine. Page count, reporting, design, print run, photography, and distribution all change the scope. The useful starting point is a clear description of what the quoted price actually buys.
Here are Stokel Publishing's published starting prices and what's included in each package.
The Short Answer
Our 32-page university research magazine starts at £12,500 per issue, excluding VAT. Four quarterly issues are £45,000 per year, equivalent to £11,250 per issue. We also offer a 16–24-page research project magazine from £6,000, excluding VAT.
These are starting prices for different products, not a general market average. A larger print run, original photography, more pages, or additional services would need a separate quote.
What the Published Prices Include
The university package is a complete issue produced for your institution, rather than an article placed in somebody else's publication:
| Package | Starting price |
|---|---|
| University research magazine: 32 pages, 500 printed copies, digital PDF and web version, social media extracts | £12,500 per issue |
| University research magazine: four quarterly issues at the same scope | £45,000 per year |
| Research project magazine: 16–24 pages, 200–300 printed copies, digital PDF | £6,000 per project |
For the university issue, we handle the interviews, writing, design, printing, and delivery of the copies to you. Your team helps choose the stories, connects us with researchers, and checks facts. The project magazine focuses on accessible research, researcher profiles, and project impact. These prices are for production and delivery, not a promise of readership or a managed mailing campaign.
What Drives the Cost Up (Or Down)
Reporting and story count
Each story needs research, interviews, drafting, and fact-checking. A magazine with more interviewees, complex research, or substantially longer features needs more editorial time. In our published packages, Chris conducts the interviews and writes the articles himself.
Design complexity
The magazine is designed around your institution's visual identity. If you need a new visual system, extensive custom illustration, or complex data graphics, we'll scope and quote that work before it begins.
Photography
Good images make a difference. We can work with suitable photographs and other assets you already have. If a story needs original photography, we'll agree the shoot and its cost separately; commissioned photography is not part of the published starting-price package.
Print volume and quality
The university issue includes 500 printed copies delivered to you; the research project magazine includes 200–300. If you need more copies, different paper or finishing, or individual postage to recipients, those requirements change the quote. Delivery of a print run to your address is different from mailing copies to your audience.
Review cycles
Agreeing one person to consolidate feedback helps keep the schedule predictable. We will set the review and approval process in the proposal so everyone knows what is included before work begins.
What About Frequency?
You can start with one university issue from £12,500. If you know you want a quarterly publication, four issues at the published scope cost £45,000 per year rather than £50,000 bought separately. The annual arrangement gives you a consistent editorial schedule; it does not change the 32-page, 500-copy scope of each issue. (See our article on measuring ROI of your research magazine for ways to assess whether that schedule is worthwhile.)
Plan for the Readers, Not Just the Magazine
Before commissioning any publication, decide who should receive it and how it will reach them. The printed copies are useful for events, meetings, and selected stakeholders; the digital version and social extracts give your team material to share online. Neither format creates an audience by itself.
Our published prices include producing the magazine and delivering the print run to you. If you want individual mailing, a managed distribution campaign, paid promotion, or audience reporting, ask us to scope those separately. That way the proposal distinguishes the publication from the work of getting it read.
Stokel Publishing Pricing
To recap: the university magazine starts at £12,500 for one 32-page issue, or £45,000 for four quarterly issues. The 16–24-page research project magazine starts at £6,000. All prices exclude VAT.
Those prices cover the published package scopes above. If you need extra pages or copies, original photography, individual mailing, or other services, we'll agree the scope and give you a fixed quote before work begins.
If you're considering a research magazine — or need a number to take to your finance director — get in touch. Tell us about the readers you want to reach as well as the publication you want to produce.