eLife has announced that we’ll introduce a fee for publication of $2,500 USD effective January 1, 2017. All papers submitted from this date and accepted for publication will be subject to the fee. However, we have committed to making a fee waiver available to authors under financial constraints, as we don’t want our publication fee to impede the release of important new findings.
We're aware that researchers can experience financial constraints for a number of reasons (such as career stage, available grant funding, local economy, and others) and want to understand these more clearly so we can develop a policy that’s fair and inclusive. So, we're inviting the community to describe for us the types of conditions we should take into account with our waiver policy through an open public survey.
The survey will be online until end of day, November 22, 2016. Please, share your views. In appreciation of your time and feedback, we’re offering to connect up to ten respondents with an eLife editor to talk about anything science- or career-related, by phone. Our ~300 editors are among the most respected and accomplished scientists in their fields.
The results of the survey will be published along with our final waiver policy in December 2016. To be notified, please email fees@eLifesciences.org. Questions and comments are always welcome. Simply send to fees@eLifesciences.org.
