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Article publication charge

Charge levied by a publisher to an author (or their funder or institution) to publish an article. Such charges may include but are not limited to: APCs; page charges; publishing charges or fees; submission charges; colour charges.

ByCASRAI Editorial Board
· Last updated 19 May 2026

Editorial commentary

Charge levied by a publisher to an author (or their funder or institution) to publish an article. Such charges may include, but are not limited to: APCs; page charges; publishing charges or fees; submission charges; colour charges; charge for reprints; cover image charge; supplemental data publication fee; third party copyright charges. Most of these charges are not related (either directly or indirectly) to the article being published access" class="text-primary underline-offset-2 hover:underline" data-autolinked="true" title="Open access — CASRAI Dictionary">open access. Publishers of OA articles usually charge other publication charges in addition to APCs.

Also known as

Publication fee · Page and colour charges · Non-APC publication charges

Machine-readable encodings

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Schema.org DefinedTerm (JSON-LD)
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