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Transparent fees that sustain open-access publishing. No fee buys a faster decision or different review.
All amounts in U.S. dollars. Fees are paid through Scholastica at the corresponding stage of submission.
Charged at submission. Nonrefundable, regardless of editorial outcome.
Charged upon acceptance for publication. Effective February 1, 2026. Includes one round of revise and resubmit.
Charged upon editorial acceptance. Blogs are reviewed by editors but do not undergo peer review.
Per upload after submission. Use of BCPHR templates is strongly recommended to avoid corrections.
Per round after the first. The first round of revise and resubmit is included in the article APC.
Charged if an author withdraws during expedited review or fails to acknowledge an acceptance within the editor-in-chief's stated window.
BCPHR is published by the Boston Congress of Public Health, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. The Journal receives no institutional subsidy. APCs cover the actual costs of running an open-access journal.
BCPHR follows COPE and Plan S principles on fee transparency. Peer reviewers are blinded to APC status. The same acceptance criteria, the same reviewer pool, and the same editor-in-chief approval apply to every manuscript regardless of fee circumstances.
BCPHR is not able to provide fee waivers or scholarships for publication at this time. The submission fee, article APC, and special charges apply to all submissions regardless of author affiliation, funding status, or country of origin. BCPHR keeps its APC well below the median for open-access public health journals to maximize accessibility within the constraints of the journal's nonprofit budget.
Submission fees are nonrefundable once a manuscript is submitted. Withdrawal during peer review incurs a fee. Withdrawal during expedited review incurs a $200 fine and may result in notification of the author's home institution. Acceptance must be acknowledged within the editor-in-chief's stated window or a $200 unacknowledged acceptance fee applies.
BCPHR reviews articles on an expedited timeline during four annual windows: January and February, April and May, September and October, and December. Expedited review delivers a decision within two weeks of submission. The remaining months (March, June, July, August, November) are off months.
Expedited review is a faster timeline, not a different review standard. The same peer reviewers, the same acceptance criteria, the same editor-in-chief approval, and the same publication ethics apply during expedite windows as during standard review. Expedite status reflects scheduling and editorial capacity, not preferential treatment in exchange for fees.
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