An article publication charge (APC) is a fee charged to authors to make their work available as open access (OA). This fee may be paid by the author, the author’s institution, or their research funder. Our open access journals charge an APC to cover the costs involved in the publication process, from administrating peer-review to copy editing and hosting the final article on dedicated servers. APCs vary by journal. To see a full list of APC prices for our fully open access journals and subscription journals which offer open access, please see below:
View the price list for our fully open access journal portfolio:
Open Access Journal Price ListView the price list for hybrid open access, a gold OA option in subscription journals:
Hybrid OA Price ListNeed help paying an APC? View our Article Publication Charge Payment PDF guide.
Need help with Hybrid OA? Visit our How to make your article open access page for step-by-step instructions.
When submitting an article to a Wiley Open Access journal, the submitting author must attest that the corresponding author will pay the publication charge minus any eligible discount. (If there are multiple corresponding authors, one should be designated as the responsible corresponding author). After acceptance, the article will enter the production cycle and the corresponding author will be asked to sign a license and/or remit payment as applicable. When final formatting corrections are made and the author approves their article for publication, payment of the APC must be received before the article will be published online. The corresponding author assumes responsibility for the article processing charge, and Wiley will not issue refunds of any kind.
Payment can be made by any of the following methods:
Prompt payment is advised, as the article will not be published until payment is received.
The APC will be charged the US Dollar, Euro or GB Pound rate dependent on the corresponding author’s location as follows:
| £ | GB Pounds | United Kingdom |
| € | Euro | Euro Zone |
| $ | US Dollars | All other countries |
Discounts and waivers apply only to fully open access journals, not subscription journals offering hybrid open access. Note that if a corresponding author qualifies for multiple discounts, only the highest discount will be applied. Discounts are exclusive of each other and cannot be combined.
Many journals offer APC discounts to members of their partner societies. To qualify, the corresponding author must be a member in good standing and must obtain further discount information through the relevant society membership website or administrator.
For all Wiley Open Access journals, APC waivers and discounts will be automatically given to corresponding authors from institutions in countries/locations on the Waivers and Discounts List.
If the corresponding author’s institution, funder, or society has a Wiley Open Access Account (WOAA), all or part of the APC might be covered. Eligibility is based on the submission date and the organization having an active account/partnership arrangement when the article is ready to be published.
The prices quoted do not include any value-added tax (VAT), goods and services tax (GST), or other sales taxes. Tax may be charged in addition to the price shown where required by law. The amount of tax charged will be calculated at the point of sale and identified separately. If you have a VAT, GST, or other sales tax identification number, you should provide this when requested.
If you or the party responsible for payment are tax exempt, instructions will be provided during the payment process regarding where and when to send the tax exemption certificate or other relevant documentation.