Journal of Otolaryngology Advances · Article Processing Charges
Article processing charges
What publication in JOA costs, when the charge falls due, what it pays for, and the rule that matters most: the charge is raised after a decision has been made, and it has no bearing on that decision.
USD 1,800 per accepted article Charged after acceptance No submission or page charges
The charge
Per accepted article, payable after acceptance. The same charge applies to every article type the journal publishes.
Nothing is charged to submit a manuscript, and nothing is charged for the pages, figures, tables or supplementary files an accepted article carries. A manuscript that is declined is not invoiced.
JOA is fully open access: there is no subscription, no paywall and no reader charge, so the cost of publishing a paper is met once, by the author, the author’s institution or the funder, rather than repeatedly by everyone who wants to read it.
The decision and the charge are separate
Editorial decisions are made by the journal’s editors on the manuscript in front of them, and the charge is raised only once a decision to accept has been made. Ability to pay plays no part in the assessment.
Editorial decisions are based on scope, scientific quality, methodological rigor, ethical compliance, reporting quality, and relevance to the journal.
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The order of events
Submission, screening, peer review and decision all take place before any invoice exists. An author is never asked for payment or for payment details in order to have a manuscript reviewed.
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Who decides
The handling editor and the Editor-in-Chief. No one in billing, and no sponsor or commercial partner, has any part in the assessment of a manuscript, in the selection of reviewers, or in the decision to publish.
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What payment does not buy
Payment does not affect the decision, the reviewers assigned, the order in which a manuscript is handled, or the time review takes. There is no route by which a charge can be paid to change any of those.
The full statement of editorial independence is on the editorial policies page.
What the charge covers
The charge meets the cost of turning an accepted manuscript into a permanent, findable version of record and of keeping it available.
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Editorial handling and peer review
Screening, reviewer identification and invitation, management of the review and revision cycle, and the editorial decision. Peer review is single-blind by default; double-blind review is available on request.
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Integrity checks
Similarity screening through Crossref Similarity Check, powered by iThenticate, together with checks on ethics and consent statements, image integrity and declared interests.
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Copyediting, typesetting and proofing
Language and house-style editing, layout of the article and its figures and tables, and the author proof.
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Identifiers and metadata
DOI registration and the deposit of structured article metadata, so the article can be cited, linked and found. The arrangements are set out on the indexing page.
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Hosting and preservation
Publication of the article in HTML and PDF with open access from the moment of publication, and the journal’s digital-preservation arrangement.
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Maintaining the record
Publishing and linking any correction, expression of concern or retraction that later becomes necessary, and keeping the article and its notice available together.
Invoicing and payment
- When it is raised
- After acceptance. The invoice is issued to the corresponding author or to the billing contact the corresponding author names.
- Currency
- USD 1,800. Charges are stated and invoiced in US dollars.
- Who can pay
- The author directly, a department or research group, an institution paying centrally for several authors, or a grant. An institution can be invoiced for more than one article at once.
- Documentation
- An invoice, a payment confirmation and a statement of the publication license are available for grant reporting and institutional compliance. Where a purchase-order number or particular invoice wording is required, tell the editorial office before the invoice is raised.
- Production
- Copyediting, typesetting and proofing follow acceptance. Confirming the billing arrangement early keeps the article moving through production without administrative delay.
- Questions
- Billing and fee-relief inquiries go to the editorial office, with the manuscript title or reference.
If funding is a difficulty
Authors whose work has no funding to meet the charge should write to the editorial office. Raise it early rather than at the point of acceptance: the conversation is easier when there is time for a department, a funder or an institution to be approached, and asking does not affect how a manuscript is assessed.
Any arrangement is settled between the author and the editorial office in writing, and is recorded against the manuscript.
Withdrawing a manuscript
Authors should contact the editorial office promptly and wait for written confirmation before submitting the work elsewhere.
Manuscripts withdrawn within 3 days of submission are not subject to a withdrawal charge.
Manuscripts withdrawn more than 3 days after submission incur a withdrawal charge equal to 30% of the journal’s APC.
Authors must receive official withdrawal confirmation before submitting the manuscript to another journal.
A manuscript under consideration at JOA must not be under consideration at another journal at the same time; the confirmation exists so that both journals’ records are clear about when consideration here ended. The requirement is stated on the editorial policies page.
What the charge publishes
Articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0), with copyright retained by the authors. Anyone may read, download, copy, redistribute, translate, text-mine and build on the article, including commercially, provided the original work is properly attributed.
That is the license most open-access funder mandates require, and it is the reason the charge is paid once rather than recovered from readers. The copyright and license page states what authors keep and what the license permits.
Where to go next
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Instructions for authors
Manuscript requirements, required statements and the submission checklist.
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Editorial policies
Editorial independence, ethics, and the integrity of the published record.
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Submit a manuscript
The approved submission routes and what to have ready.
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Copyright and license
What CC BY 4.0 permits and what rights authors keep.
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Aims and scope
Whether the subject fits the journal, before cost is a question at all.
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Indexing
The identifiers, deposits and preservation the charge pays for.
Questions about the charge
Invoicing arrangements, institutional billing, documentation for a grant report, and funding difficulties are all handled by the editorial office. Include the manuscript title or reference so the query can be matched to the right record.
Journal of Otolaryngology Advances (JOA)
ISSN 2379-8572 · Crossref DOI prefix 10.14302 ·
Published by Open Access Pub ·
Articles are published under CC BY 4.0 with copyright retained by the authors.