This page contains information about fees that may be incurred when you publish in this journal.
Article processing charges (APCs)
This is a hybrid journal, which means it provides authors with options to make their articles open access, including the option to publish Gold Open Access under a Creative Commons licence. In many cases Gold Open Access articles are supported by institutional agreements. Authors not covered by such an agreement may have funding from their funding body or institution to pay an article processing charge (APC). Please see this journal's open access options for full details.
For articles that are not published Gold Open Access, no fee is required.
Please see the table below for this journal’s APC fees.
Article Processing Charges for this journal
| Currency | APC | Member Rate |
|---|---|---|
| GBP (£) | 2320 | 1740 |
| USD ($) | 3450 | 2588 |
Please note the APC and discount rate in the above table are excluding tax.
BirdLife Partner and Secretariat Staff: APC Discount
BirdLife partner and secretariat staff (who are acting as the corresponding author on a paper) are entitled to a 25% discount on their article processing charge. Depending on the jurisdiction of the corresponding author an associated tax charge may be added.
BirdLife partner and secretariat staff wanting to take up this option will be able to do so during the article submission process by entering a discount code obtainable from Ian Burfield (ian.burfield@birdlife.org)