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Fees and funding

Article processing charges (APC)

Authors who publish open access in The Journal of Physiological Sciences are required to pay an article processing charge (APC). The APC price will be determined from the date on which the article is accepted for publication.

The current APC, subject to VAT or local taxes where applicable, is: £1890.00/$2690.00/€2190.00

Visit our open access support portal and our Journal Pricing FAQs for further information.

For information about the APC applicable for articles accepted for publication next year, please see our journal lists.

Open access funding

Visit Springer Nature’s open access funding & support services for information about research funders and institutions that provide funding for APCs.

Springer Nature offers agreements that enable institutions to cover open access publishing costs. Learn more about our open access agreements to check your eligibility and discover whether this journal is included.

Springer Nature offers APC waivers and discounts for articles published in our fully open access journals whose corresponding authors are based in the world’s lowest income countries (see our APC waivers and discounts policy for further information). Requests for APC waivers and discounts from other authors will be considered on a case-by-case basis, and may be granted in cases of financial need (see our open access policies for journals for more information). All applications for discretionary APC waivers and discounts should be made at the point of manuscript submission; requests made during the review process or after acceptance are unable to be considered.

Information for authors

(Information updated on 8 December 2022)

The Physiological Society of Japan covers the article-processing charge (APC) for the papers submitted to the journal. The discounted APC is 1,372 USD (the currency may vary depending on the author’s country). If the author is the Society Council (Hyogi-in), the Society will cover the full APC.

To receive this benefit, authors must ensure to select the Physiological Society of Japan as the journal partner at the time of editorial acceptance of their manuscript.

As from 7 December 2022, due to system change, authors are no longer requested to submit Membership Account Code to claim coverage of APC during the process of making new manuscript submission. Instead, authors are able to request APC coverage at editorial acceptance. 

See below for further information:

- Changes in manuscript submission *(in Japanese)
- To request APC coverage

For questions, please contact the Society office.


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