PUBLICATION FEES
Authors whose research was supported by grants, special funds (including departmental and institutional), or contracts (including governmental) or whose research was done as part of their official duties (government or corporate, etc.) are required to pay the article processing charge (APC) and supplemental material fee (if relevant) noted in Table 2.
All fees are subject to change without notice. Nonmember corresponding authors may join ASM to obtain discounts on publication fees. Former members who wish to renew their membership at the same level may do so online. However, to change your membership level, please contact customer service at Service@asmusa.org.
If the research was not supported by any of the means described above, a request to waive the fee may be made through the online submission form or submitted via e-mail to mSphere@asmusa.org. The request must include the manuscript control number assigned by ASM and indicate how the work was supported.
Minireviews, Commentaries, Perspectives, Editorials, and Letters to the Editor are not subject to APCs.
TABLE 2 Publication feesa
| Fee type | 2019 Fee ($) for all members except supporting members |
2019 Fee ($) for supporting members and nonmembers |
2020 Fee ($) for all members except supporting members |
2020 Fee ($) for supporting members and nonmembers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research Article APC | 2,400 | 3,300 | 2,500 | 3,500 |
| Short article (i.e., Observation or Opinion/Hypothesis) APC |
1,300 | 1,900 | 1,360 | 1,990 |
| Supplemental material (flat fee) | 220 | 340 | 230 | 355 |
aAPCs do not apply to Minireviews, Commentaries, Perspectives, Editorials, Letters to the Editor, or corrections.
Author reprints and eprints. Authors of accepted manuscripts will be directed to the Author Billing System, where they (or any of their coauthors) can purchase reprints (in multiples of 100).