Article Processing Charges (APCs), Waivers, and Discounts
APCs
ӣƵapp Open and JAMA Health Forum: The corresponding author will be billed $3000 USD. These are fully open access journals. Authors are expected to coordinate payment of the APC for every research article accepted for publication.
ӣƵapp Specialty Journals: The corresponding author will be billed $5000 USD. Authors can decline open access and agree to the ӣƵapp’s standard Publishing Agreement, which requires transfer of copyright. After 12 months, the research article will be freely accessible online on the journal website and in PubMed Central (PMC).
Waivers and Discounts
Waivers are offered based on the country of residence of the corresponding authors. Waivers and discounts are available for authors from a core list of countries in the developing world as defined by the World Health Organization as part of their Research4Life program. The list of countries, updated yearly, is available .