Article processing charge and discounts

All articles are published in a fully open access format under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) 4.0 license.

We provide Gold Open Access. That means every reader has free access to the full text of all published papers: reading, downloading and reusing with proper citations. Gold Open Access is provided to readers by authors or their institutions/research funders upon paying an APC (article processing charge) for accepted papers.

The author, institution or research sponsor pays an APC if the article is peer-reviewed and accepted for publication. There are no submission or review fees. The APC comprises costs for editing, text formatting, peer-review, article archiving and indexing, site administration (on-site hosting), customers’ support.

The APC is EUR 100. The payment does not depend on the article length. Authors can order a hard issue copy by informing the Editorial office and covering shipping cost.

Besides, discounts are available for authors. The decision regarding discounts is made at the discretion of the Editorial Board as agreed with the AR&P publisher.

The following discount options can be applied:

  • Authors with affiliation from low-income countries (World Bank) – 20%;
  • Authors with affiliation from middle-income countries (World Bank) – 10%;
  • Authors with affiliation from war-affected countries or authors with a lack of research funding can have the fee waived;
  • Editorial Board members can have the fee waived for 1 paper per year;
  • Reviewers are eligible for a 25% discount.

In case of a personal discount, the author should communicate with the Editorial Office. All cases are considered individually.

We follow the recommendation of the Fair Open Access Alliance to provide transparent fee structures considering the Principle 5 of Plan S.

Service % of total Amount, EUR
Journal operations (journal support, platform development and maintenance, other support staff) 15 15
Journal processing (triaging, peer review management, editorial assistance, proofreading, indexing and archiving) 60 60
Marketing & dissemination (costs for promoting journal’s content among scholars, researchers, associations, institutions, professional social media networks, etc.) 10 10
Editorial fees (travel grant or stipend for editorial members and the Editorial Office) 1 1
General expenses (management and administration, overhead expenses, utility bills) 7 7
Discounts and waivers 7 7
TOTAL 100

We do not receive payments from risky or penalised countries (read the full list here).

The journal is dedicated to supporting researchers from developing countries, which do not have options to provide grants and financial support for the scientists to publish their results in open access. In such cases, we may waive the publication fee for authors with affiliation in countries experiencing military conflicts or authors with a lack of research funding. Author should contact us and provide a justification for the fee waiver.

Furthermore, Ukrainian scientists have the option to apply for grants to publish their work in in the journal although the number of grants available per year is limited. The researchers should submit their requests for a grant to the journal Editorial Office.

In addition, authors from low- and middle-income countries, as classified by the World Bank, may be eligible for discounts of 20% and 10%, respectively. These authors should contact us and provide an explanation for the requested discount.

All requests for fee waivers or discounts are evaluated on a case-by-case basis by the journal Editorial Office.

Consultations on all financial matters (invoices and discounts) are provided by the managing editor: fmir_mngeditor@ar-and-p.de

The journal is funded by editing fees and AR&P support.

The Article Processing Charge can be paid via the online payment service.