Learn about potential article processing charges (APCs) associated with publishing your article. Although there is no cost for publishing with IEEE, you may wish to take advantage of some of our fee-based offerings listed below. For these charges, as well as voluntary page charges, you will receive an e-mail at billing time from IEEE’s partner Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) – RightsLink with detailed instructions for completing the payment process. Answers to frequent questions can be accessed at the IEEE Support Center.
IEEE has authorized CCC/RightsLink to collect Article Processing Charges (APCs) associated with publishing your article. After your article is accepted for publication, the corresponding author will receive an email from RightsLink detailing how to pay applicable APCs. For authors in mainland China, IEEE has further authorized CCC to enable CEPIEC, the China Educational Publication Import & Export Corporation Ltd., through its SocoPay system, to process the APC payments, charge VAT on the APCs, and issue VAT Fapiao invoices to authors in China. For specific questions about the SocoPay service, please contact their support team directly via ccc.socopay@cepiec.com.cn; there is also a Live Chat option available in the email sent to the corresponding author.
Your research funder may require that you publish open access, or you may simply want to maximize your audience by making your article freely available to read. IEEE magazines are traditional subscription-based publications, but some have a hybrid model which allows authors the option of making their new articles open access. Refer to the current IEEE Article Processing Charges List for the most up-to-date prices.
Many IEEE magazines limit the number of pages per article. In some cases, you may choose to exceed the page limit by paying overlength page charges, which vary according to the magazine. If you choose to exceed the page limit, you will receive an invoice before article publication.
An author’s open access APCs may be refunded when alternative funding is provided (e.g. by a funding agency or the author’s institution).
APCs will not be refunded when articles are retracted as a result of author error or misconduct.
If you need additional assistance, please contact onlinesupport@ieee.org.
To support our authors, IEEE offers several discount and waiver programs. Please review the policies for open access fees and page charges below.
These discounts apply to the Article Processing Charge (APC) for publishing an open access article.
Important Exclusions:
Authors in eligible countries may receive a discount on their APC for fully open access journals. This program does not apply to hybrid journals.
Overlength page charges are mandatory and separate from the Open Access fees. Membership discounts listed above are not applicable to page charges. Overlength page charges may be avoided by editing your paper to fall within the journals page limit during the article production process.
Note that any financial responsibility for publication charges can be split amongst co-authors in cases of hardship. For individual attention please contact the publication.
For questions regarding discounts and waivers, please direct your inquiry to the appropriate contact:
