Following the acceptance for publication of your article after the Editorial process after submission, your manuscript is handed over to production for typesetting. Once typesetting is complete, we’ll guide you, the corresponding author, through simple, secure steps to:
- Confirm your affiliation (institution or university)
- Choose whether to publish open access or non-open access (subscription)
- Determine whether an article processing charge (APC) is covered by an agreement from your institution
- Accepted articles are checked for eligibility under our institutional open access agreements based on the institutional affiliation of the corresponding author. Some articles are eligible for part or full coverage of the APC as part of an institutional agreement with Springer Nature. In the event that an author is not eligible under an institutional open access agreement, they may still select the OA option and arrange for APC processing through direct payment or through a variety of funding options.
- If you choose non-open access (subscription), there is no APCs to pay
- Sign appropriate publishing agreement
- Depending on the ownership of the journal and its policies, you will either grant the Publisher a non-exclusive license to publish the article or will be asked to transfer copyright of the article to the Publisher. A copy of the agreement is automatically sent to you via email for your records.
- Arrange payment for associated publication costs
Your article proofs will only be sent once you’ve completed these guided checkpoints.
A dedicated Author Service team is available to help along the way:
- Eligibility under institutional open access agreements (Open Access Verification Team)
- OA publishing and payments (Open Research Support Team)
- General Enquiries (AS Journals Team)