For each of the journals listed, authors will have the option to pay for open access to their paper. The charge will depend on whether the corresponding author is based at an institution with a full price online subscription to the journal. Special charges will apply to authors in developing countries, and individual journals may offer variable charges depending on the paper type. It is recommended that authors refer to the specific author instructions for participating journals for details of charges.

For an author based at an institution with a full price online subscription:

Regular charge - £900 / $1800 / €1350

List B developing country charge** - £450 / $900 / €675

List A developing country charge** - £0 / $0 / €0

For an author based at an institution that does not have a full price online subscription:

Regular charge - £1500 / $3000 / €2250

List B developing country charge** - £750 / $1500 / €1125

List A developing country charge** - £0 /$0 / €0

The above optional open access charges are in addition to any normal (excess) page charges and colour charges that might apply.

Oxford Journals asks authors to state the source of funding used to pay the open access publication charge, after having a manuscript accepted. This provides transparency for readers, funding bodies, and the publisher. If appropriate the information will be added to the Acknowledgement section of the article. It is not compulsory to provide this information, but we encourage all authors to do so.

**Visit our Developing Countries pages for a list of qualifying countries

Orders from UK will be subject to a 15.0% VAT charge. For orders from the rest of the EU, we will assume that the service is provided for business purposes, please provide a VAT number for yourself or your institution and ensure you account for your own local VAT correctly.

Authors can check whether their institution has an active full price online subscription to the Oxford Open journal of their choice by clicking the following link using an institutional computer - Oxford Open test page - and selecting the Subscriber Test for the appropriate journal.

As part of the Oxford Open initiative, authors from developing countries are offered special rates and waivers. In addition, under Oxford Journals' existing Developing Countries Initiative, those based in over 40 'List A' developing countries can apply for free online access to the Oxford Journals Collection. Those based in over 30 further 'List B' countries can apply for deeply discounted access to the collection.