Charges
Page Charges
There is a charge of $50 per page (or fraction of a page) for papers published in Molecular Biology and Evolution. For all first submissions after 1st January 2008, the first eight pages will be waived for authors who pay for Open Access.
Articles may be held back from publication until page charges are paid in full. To avoid publication delay, arrange payment as soon as you receive an invoice. Payment can be made by check or credit card, but Oxford University Press regrets that it is unable to accept purchase orders.
Authors can ask the Editor to waive charges at the time a manuscript is accepted for publication if NONE of the authors has ANY funds (grant, research allocation, departmental, or otherwise) to pay them. Late requests will not be considered. In any case, page charges will only be waived for the first ten pages. Waiving page charges shifts the cost of publication to other authors. For this reason charges are seldom waived.
Color Figure Charges
Color figures will incur a charge of $450 per figure. Charges for color figures cannot be waived, nor will page charges be waived for manuscripts that include color figures. Color versions of figures that appear in black and white in the journal can be published as online supplements. These are permanently linked to the article in the online journal and do not incur any additional cost.
