Publication Fees and Reprints

To defray publication costs and to support other AACR programs, authors of accepted manuscripts will be invoiced based on the journal’s publication and color 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 Fees

The standard fees charged for publication include a flat publication fee based on the journal and article type and an additional handling fee for each color figure. These fees are detailed below.

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

AuthorChoice Fees

Authors who wish to have their published article made immediately freely available online may choose to pay an AuthorChoice fee in lieu of the publication fee. Authors may choose this option upon submission of a new or revised manuscript. The AuthorChoice fee is $3,500 for Cancer Discovery, Blood Cancer Discovery, Cancer Research, and Clinical Cancer Research and $3,000 for Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, Cancer Immunology Research, Cancer Prevention Research, Molecular Cancer Research, and Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. No waivers are provided for AuthorChoice fees and authors who select AuthorChoice are also responsible for the standard color figure fees. AuthorChoice does not provide an Open Access license and is generally ineligible for funder reimbursement.

Fee Waivers and Discounts

If the corresponding, first, or last author is an active AACR member, a reduced rate is applied. This reduced rate includes a 5% reduction in the publication fee and a $50 discount on the charge for each color figure. For example, at most of the AACR journals, a manuscript with two color figures would be charged a publication fee of $1200 and color fees of $1250, or $2450 total for a non-member, but $1140 and $1150, or $2290 total for an AACR member. In order to obtain the discount, the corresponding author should ensure that the full membership information for the relevant member is entered into the manuscript submission system, SmartSubmit.

Senior and Deputy editors of an AACR journal receive a full waiver of the flat publication fee for an article in any AACR journal regardless of their position in the author list. Color fees will still apply but the author may benefit from the AACR member discount for the color figure charges if a first or last author is an active AACR Member and their membership information is entered into SmartSubmit.

An author who is a Stand Up to Cancer or AACR grantee will receive a full waiver of the flat publication fee provided that the grant number is listed in the acknowledgements. Color fees will still apply but the author may benefit from the AACR member discount for the color figure charges if a first or last author is an active AACR Member and their membership information is entered into SmartSubmit.

Under exceptional circumstances, when no grant or other source of support exists, the authors may apply to the Publisher at the time of submission for a waiver of the flat publication fee. All such applications must be countersigned by an appropriate institutional official stating that no funds are available for the payment of the publication fee.

Billing

Any article processing charges (publication, color figure, and AuthorChoice 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.