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Publishing fees

Open Access provides free and immediate online access to the scholarly literature for anyone in the world to read, distribute and reuse. Frontiers, as a Gold Open Access publisher, offsets all the costs associated with our high-quality publishing service through Article Processing Charges (APCs): articles that are accepted for publication by our external editors following rigorous peer review incur a publishing fee charged to authors, institutions, or funders.

Article processing charges
Journal A Type Articles B Type Articles C Type Articles D Type Articles
Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering
US$ 1,285
US$ 780
US$ 490
Free

Article types

We offer a range of article types to optimally support our various academic communities in communicating their results and research advances.

A-Type Articles: Original Research, Systematic Review, Methods, Review, Hypothesis & Theory, Technology and Code

B-Type Articles: Mini Review, Perspective, Brief Research Report

C-Type Articles: Data Report, Opinion

D-Type Articles: Correction, Editorial.

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If your institution is partnered with us you can benefit from full or partial support for article processing charges (APCs) on manuscripts you submit.

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We also provide a support program for authors and institutions with insufficient funding. Authors in countries classified by the World Bank as low or lower-middle income countries may be eligible for discounts to their APC.

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Eligible for fee support?

If your institution is partnered with us you can benefit from full or partial support for article processing charges (APCs) on manuscripts you submit.

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