How does the Article Processing Fee (APF/APC) at JMIR compare to other journals/publishers?

JMIR journals are very cost-effective, in particular taking into account the quality and level of service.

Authors should also consider that:

• all articles in JMIR journals are routinely copyedited by external freelance copyeditors. At other journals, such services are not included but need to be paid extra
• all articles are XML-marked up and deposited in PubMed Central, free of charge for the author. This is not necessarily the case for our competitor journals (e.g. Elseviers' Internet Interventions)
• all journals are open access, and authors retain copyright
• there are no length-restrictions on articles or extra page charges for lengthy manuscripts
• our APF/APCs charged to authors with grant-funding subsidize/support our fee waiver program for needy authors
• some of our institutional memberships make publication in JMIR journals free for faculty and students, see e.g. APF Support for Corresponding Authors from the University of California
• some JMIR journals are free - see Which JMIR journals are free of charge to publish in?

See also:

• Which JMIR journals are free of charge to publish in?
• What are the costs involved in publishing in JMIR journals?
• Can you waive the fee for me?
• JMIR Instructions for Authors: Open Access - Rationale for Charging Fees
• JMIR Fee Schedule