Understanding Our Open-Access APC Model

The Journal of Glycomics and Metabolism operates on a gold open-access model where article processing charges sustain comprehensive publication operations while ensuring universal, barrier-free access to published research. Our APCs cover the complete editorial workflow including manuscript handling, rigorous peer review coordination with expert glycobiologists and metabolic biochemists, professional copyediting, typesetting in multiple formats, digital preservation through redundant archival systems, and ongoing hosting across global indexing platforms.

This sustainable model eliminates subscription barriers that historically restricted scientific knowledge to well-funded institutions. Researchers studying glycan biosynthesis, metabolic pathways, carbohydrate-protein interactions, and translational applications can access cutting-edge discoveries without costly subscriptions. Authors invest once during publication, and their research remains freely accessible in perpetuity, maximizing impact and citation potential across the glycoscience community.

Current Fee Structure

What Your APC Supports

Processing charges directly fund essential publication services maintaining scientific quality and maximizing research visibility. Editorial staff coordinate rigorous peer review with expert glycobiologists possessing relevant expertise in N-glycan characterization, O-glycosylation analysis, metabolic enzymology, or clinical applications of glycoscience.

Professional copyeditors refine language clarity while preserving technical accuracy of complex biochemical terminology. Typesetters format accepted manuscripts according to journal standards, preparing both PDF and XML versions enabling enhanced searchability and integration with bibliographic management systems. High-resolution figures showing glycan structures, metabolic pathway diagrams, and mass spectrometry data undergo quality optimization.

Payment Options and Institutional Agreements

Authors receive detailed invoices following manuscript acceptance, with payment typically due before final publication. We accept major credit cards through secure processing, institutional purchase orders, and wire transfers for international payments. Extended payment plans accommodate authors requiring additional time.

Institutional agreements enable streamlined processing for affiliated researchers at partner universities. For authors receiving funding from agencies requiring open-access compliance, our APCs satisfy major funder mandates. Upon request, we provide documentation confirming open-access publication status for grant reporting requirements.

Transparency and Value Commitment

We maintain complete transparency regarding how article processing charges support publication operations. Authors receive detailed invoices specifying services rendered, and our fee structure remains competitive with comparable biochemistry and glycoscience journals while supporting enhanced services including multimedia hosting for supplementary glycan structure visualizations, extended supplementary material storage for mass spectrometry datasets, and integration with metabolomics databases.

Your investment directly advances open scientific communication in glycobiology, ensuring that fundamental discoveries in carbohydrate chemistry and metabolic regulation reach the researchers, clinicians, and pharmaceutical developers who need this knowledge to advance therapeutic development and diagnostic innovation and disease treatment worldwide, contributing to improved patient outcomes and scientific advancement in carbohydrate biology and metabolic medicine.