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. Please note that, with the exception of articles published under an open access license in the AACR hybrid journals, only manuscripts from 25+ 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.

Standard AACR Publication Fees

For articles published under a copyright transfer agreement, 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) as detailed in the table below.

Open Access Fees

Authors who wish to publish under an open access license may do so by paying a single flat article processing charge (APC) as noted in the table below. The amount of the APC is determined based on the journal and the type of open access license. The Creative Commons license options for open access publication are as follows:

CC BY-NC-ND—This license permits free access and redistribution and noncommercial use with proper attribution.
CC BY—This license permits free access, redistribution, commercial use, and derivative works with proper attribution.

Cancer Research Communications

Open Access

Journal	Publication Fees (Copyright Transfer only)		APCs (Open Access only)
Journal	Base Publication Fee ^*	Display Item Fee ^*	CC BY-NC-ND	CC BY
Cancer Discovery	$5000^#	$250 per item	$10000	$11000
Blood Cancer Discovery	$2500^{#, **}	$250 per item	$7000	$8000
Cancer Research	$2700^#	$250 per item	$7000	$8000
Clinical Cancer Research	$2700^#	$250 per item	$7000	$8000
Cancer Immunology Research	$2700^#	$250 per item	$7000	$8000
Molecular Cancer Research	$1900	$250 per item	$6000	$7000
Molecular Cancer Therapeutics	$1900	$250 per item	$6000	$7000
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention	$600^#	$250 per item	$4000	$5000
Cancer Prevention Research	$600^#	$250 per item	$4000	$5000
Cancer Research Communications	NA	NA	NA	$2550^,^*

Cancer Discovery
Publication Fees
(Copyright Transfer only)
Base Publication Fee^*: $5000^#
Display Item Fee^*: $250 per item
APCs (Open Access only)
CC BY-NC-ND: $10000
CC BY: $11000

Blood Cancer Discovery
Publication Fees
(Copyright Transfer only)
Base Publication Fee^*: $2500^{#, **}
Display Item Fee^*: $250 per item
APCs (Open Access only)
CC BY-NC-ND: $7000
CC BY: $8000

Cancer Research
Publication Fees
(Copyright Transfer only)
Base Publication Fee^*: $2700^#
Display Item Fee^*: $250 per item
APCs (Open Access only)
CC BY-NC-ND: $7000
CC BY: $8000

Clinical Cancer Research
Publication Fees
(Copyright Transfer only)
Base Publication Fee^*: $2700^#
Display Item Fee^*: $250 per item
APCs (Open Access only)
CC BY-NC-ND: $7000
CC BY: $8000

Cancer Immunology Research
Publication Fees
(Copyright Transfer only)
Base Publication Fee^*: $2700^#
Display Item Fee^*: $250 per item
APCs (Open Access only)
CC BY-NC-ND: $7000
CC BY: $8000

Molecular Cancer Research
Publication Fees
(Copyright Transfer only)
Base Publication Fee^*: $1900
Display Item Fee^*: $250 per item
APCs (Open Access only)
CC BY-NC-ND: $6000
CC BY: $7000

Molecular Cancer Therapeutics
Publication Fees
(Copyright Transfer only)
Base Publication Fee^*: $1900
Display Item Fee^*: $250 per item
APCs (Open Access only)
CC BY-NC-ND: $6000
CC BY: $7000

Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention
Publication Fees
(Copyright Transfer only)
Base Publication Fee^*: $600^#
Display Item Fee^*: $250 per item
APCs (Open Access only)
CC BY-NC-ND: $4000
CC BY: $5000

Cancer Prevention Research
Publication Fees
(Copyright Transfer only)
Base Publication Fee^*: $600^#
Display Item Fee^*: $250 per item
APCs (Open Access only)
CC BY-NC-ND: $4000
CC BY: $5000

Cancer Research Communications
Publication Fees
(Copyright Transfer only)
Base Publication Fee^*: NA
Display Item Fee^*:NA
APCs (Open Access only)
CC BY-NC-ND: NA
CC BY: $2550^**,***

^* The AACR provides member and other discounts on these fees as detailed in Publication Fee Discounts below. As a non-profit organization, the AACR does not collect taxes on journal publication fees.

^# If the manuscript was first submitted to the journal prior to January 1, 2024, but after December 31, 2020, the base publication fee that applied at the time of submission will be assessed.

^** This is an introductory rate that is expected to increase in the near future as the journal becomes more established in the community.

^*** The AACR provides special member and editor pricing for Cancer Research Communications as detailed below in Cancer Research Communications Fees.

Certain invited article types solicited directly by an editor will be published under standard copyright transfer and the associated publication fees waived. If an invited author requests open access publication, the APC will not be waived. APCs may be discounted for commentary-style content at the AACR’s discretion.

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.

AACR Membership Discount

If the corresponding, first, or last author is in the Active AACR membership Category, a 10% discount on the total charges, excluding any open access fee, is applied. 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.

If the manuscript has a qualifying AACR member author who is in the Population Sciences, Cancer Immunology, or Cancer Prevention AACR Working Group, and the manuscript does not qualify for the AACR Editor Discount below, an additional 5% discount will be applied to manuscripts accepted at Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, Cancer Immunology Research, or Cancer Prevention Research respectively. To obtain the increased discount, the author must supply the journal with the appropriate discount code. The necessary code may be found on the working group webpages.

AACR Editor Discount

A manuscript with a qualifying Editor from an AACR journal listed as an author will receive a discount of 25% on the total charges, excluding any open access fee. Such manuscripts are also eligible for the AACR member discount detailed above.

AACR Grantee Discount

A manuscript describing work supported by an AACR grant will receive a discount of 25% on the total charges, excluding any open access fee. Such manuscripts are also eligible for the AACR member discount detailed above.

Country-Specific Discounts

The AACR understands that researchers in many countries have considerably fewer resources than others to support the payment of publication costs. To address these financial realities, the AACR journals provide three levels of pricing discount (25%, 50% or 100%) based on the location of the primary affiliation of the corresponding author listed in the author byline of the accepted manuscript. These country-specific discounts will not be provided to support publication of manuscripts describing work principally conducted for a commercial organization. This discount is applied to the total charges, excluding any open access fee; but it is applied to the APC at Cancer Research Communications as described below. An author receiving this discount may also benefit from the AACR membership discount detailed above. The lists below delineate the countries for which country-specific discounts are or are not provided. If a country is not listed, it may be assumed to fall in the 100% discount category. Country classification is based on R&D funding per capita and cancer funding measured by total active grant-based funding and average grant size. Classifications are subject to change early each year.

Full Price
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong SAR, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States

50% Discount
Andorra, Bahamas, Bahrain, Brunei Darussalam, Macao SAR, Croatia, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Isle of Man, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Malta, Monaco, Puerto Rico, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia

100% Discount
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cabo Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Kinshasa), Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Faroe Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea (North), Kuwait, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao PDR, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, North Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Mariana Islands, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Martin (French part), Samoa, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Eswatini, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, RB, Vietnam, Virgin Islands (U.S.), Yemen, Rep., Zambia, Zimbabwe

Under exceptional circumstances, authors who would not qualify for a country-specific discount, or who would qualify for the lower 25% or 50% discount, may apply to the Publisher at the time of submission for an additional discount on the standard publication fees. All such applications must be countersigned by an appropriate institutional official stating that insufficient funds are available for the payment of the publication fees.

Manuscript Turnaround Guarantee Discount

The AACR journals work very hard to provide fast and fair decisions after peer review. In the unlikely event that their peer review does not meet a minimum standard of timeliness, authors may take advantage of our Manuscript Turnaround Guarantee and receive a full refund of the total charges, excluding any open access fee.

Cancer Research Communications Fees

Cancer Research Communications is an online-only, exclusively open access journal, and the newest member of the AACR family of journals. As such, it has a single flat article publication charge (APC) that is still available for a limited time at an introductory rate of $2,550.

If the corresponding, first, or last author is in the Active AACR membership category, the APC is $2,200. 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 is $1,500.

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 up to 100 reprints of their articles 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 [email protected].

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.