What do you charge authors to publish in your journals (APCs)?

Our standard Article Processing Charge (APC) starts at only £500/$700 and this is the only thing we charge once the journal is setup. In order to establish trust with authors, institutions and funders, we provide a transparent breakdown of how the APC is calculated:

We were born open and electronic, without legacy costs such as managing subscriptions and print distribution. Our platform makes use of open source software wherever possible, and all of our production work is done offshore by a highly-skilled but cost-effective team (see our FAQ for details of our outsourcing policy). We can therefore maintain a base APC that is up to 25% that of many of our competitors. This provides a lower-cost alternative for authors, funders and universities, and means that library and research budgets can go further. Our fees are fully transparent - you can trust us that every penny goes towards providing a high quality, sustainable publishing service, and not towards sky-high publisher profits.