PUBLICATION CHARGES

Page Charges

Authors whose research was supported by grants, special funds (including departmental and institutional), or contracts (including governmental) or whose research was done as part of their official duties (government or corporate, etc.) are required to pay page charges (based on the number of typeset pages, including illustrations, in the article).

For a corresponding author who is an ASM member, page charges are currently $65 per page for the first eight pages and $125 per page for each page in excess of eight (subject to change without notice).

For a nonmember corresponding author, page charges are currently $75 per page for the first eight pages and $250 for each page in excess of eight (subject to change without notice). A corresponding author who is not an ASM member may join ASM to obtain the member rate.

If the research was not supported by any of the means described above, a request to waive the charges may be sent to the Journals Department, ASM, 1752 N St., N.W., Washington, DC 20036-2904, USA (fax, 202-942-9355; e-mail, aluckey{at}asmusa.org). The request must include the manuscript control number assigned by ASM and indicate how the work was supported.

Minireviews, Guest Commentaries, and Comment Letters to the Editor are not subject to page charges.

Color Charges

The cost of publishing in color must be borne by the author.

For a corresponding author who is an ASM member, color charges are currently $170 per color figure (subject to change without notice).

For a nonmember corresponding author, color charges are currently $375 per color figure (subject to change without notice). A corresponding author who is not an ASM member may join ASM to obtain the member rate.

Minireviews, Guest Commentaries, and Comment Letters to the Editor are not subject to color charges.

Author Reprints

Reprints (in multiples of 100) may be purchased by all coauthors. In the proof notification e-mail, the corresponding author will be instructed how to access information about reprints.

The corresponding authors of Minireviews may receive 100 free reprints of their contribution; additional reprints (in multiples of 100) may be purchased if desired. As for regular articles, the corresponding author will be instructed, in the proof notification e-mail, how to access information about reprints.

Supplemental Material Fee

Effective with August 2009 issues, authors will be charged a flat fee for posting supplemental material as an adjunct to their  published article.  For 2009, the fee is $190. (Exceptions:  No fee is charged for supplemental material associated with Minireviews or Guest Commentaries.)

Optional Open Access Fee

Author-paid Optional Open Access (OOA)  is now available for all article types. The 2009 fee is $2,000. This fee is in addition to any page charges, color charges, or supplemental material charges and permits immediate public access to both the preliminary “Accepts” version and the copyedited, typeset version published in the online journal.  This option is in addition to the open access already provided through NIH’s PubMed Central repository; all primary research published in ASM journals is freely available through PubMed Central 6 months after publication.

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