Publication Fees and Reprints

To defray publication costs and to support other AACR programs, the corresponding author of an accepted manuscript will be invoiced based on the journal’s publication fees as detailed herein. Authors are required to confirm at the time of submission that they agree to pay the article publication fees in the event that their manuscript is accepted for publication.

Standard AACR Journal Fees

Important: For the fee structure of the AACR’s new gold open access journal, please see Cancer Research Communications Fees. The fees and discounts of the other AACR journals are detailed immediately below.

The AACR journals charge a fixed base publication fee determined by the journal, as well as a standard handling fee for each display item (figure or table). Please note that only manuscripts from 27 countries are subject to the full price. All other manuscripts will receive a country-specific discount based on the location of the primary affiliation of the corresponding author; see Publication Fee Discounts below for details of this and other discounts.

No fees will be charged for certain invited article types solicited directly by an editor.

Open Access Fees

Authors who wish to publish their accepted manuscript under an open access license may pay an open access fee of $1,500 in addition to the Standard Fees. See Open Access for details about the Creative Commons license that will be applied to the published author manuscript and typeset article.

Publication Fee Discounts

The AACR provides authors with a variety of discounts to the standard publication fees, which allows them to reduce, and in some cases eliminate, the cost of publication. Most discounts are automatically applied on behalf of the author. Descriptions of these discounts, and who qualifies for them, are described below.

Cancer Research Communications Fees

Cancer Research Communications is a newly launched, online-only, gold open access journal. As such, unlike the other AACR journals noted above it has a flat article publication charge (APC). During the current launch phase, Cancer Research Communications will have a special introductory APC of $1,700.

If the corresponding, first, or last author is in the Active AACR membership category, the APC will be $1,200. To obtain the discount, the corresponding author must ensure that the full membership information for the relevant member is entered into the manuscript submission system, SmartSubmit.

If the manuscript has a qualifying Editor from an AACR journal listed as an author, the APC will be $1,000.

A manuscript describing work supported by a Stand Up to Cancer grant will receive a full waiver of the APC, provided that the granting organization and grant number are listed in the acknowledgements.

Cancer Research Communications manuscripts are eligible for the country-specific discounts described above. No other discounts are available.

Billing

Any article processing charges (publication, display item, and open access fees) are being processed through RightsLink^®, an online billing platform tailored for the AACR by the Copyright Clearance Center. If a manuscript is accepted and there are article processing charges associated with the manuscript, RightsLink^® provides authors with a simple way to manage and pay charges online via an email prompt shortly after acceptance.

Reprints

Authors have the opportunity to order reprints of their articles with reduced color costs when they receive their article proofs for approval prior to publication. A link will be provided to the Sheridan Electronic Order Center where reprint fees are detailed and payment can be made. Authors who have questions about fees should contact the AACR Publications Department at pubs@aacr.org.

Anyone who would like to purchase bulk reprints of an article but who is not a listed author can find information about this at Third Party Permission and Reprints.