Publication charges help cover the cost of publishing and disseminating research results. They should be regarded as an essential part of an author’s research budget. In order to avoid overburdening authors or their supporting institutions AMS uses a hybrid model for most journals where the costs of processing and publishing articles are covered in part by author charges and in part by reader subscriptions.
UK corresponding authors: Check the list below to confirm if your institution has a Read-and-Publish agreement with AMS Publications. Under these agreements, your institution has paid one fee for all publishing costs and subscription access from 1 January 2023 through December 31 2024.
BAMS Authors! Please consult BAMS Page Charges. The page charge structure of BAMS differs significantly from the page charge structure of the technical journals.
On this page:
- Journals Charge Structure
- Required Forms
- Waivers
- Billing and Payments
- UK Corresponding Authors
- Reprints
Journal Charge Structure
| Papers submitted on or after 1 Oct 2022 | Papers submitted on or before 30 Sep 2022 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Author Charges | Open Choice (optional) | Author Charges | Open Choice (optional) | |
| AIES (Open Access journal) | $2200 (flat per paper fee) | Included | $2200 (flat per paper fee) | Included |
| JAMC, JAS, JCLI, JHM, JPO, JTECH, MWR, WAF | $120 per typeset page | $1300 | $120 per typeset page | $1100 |
| WCAS | None | $800 | None | $800 |
| Earth Interactions (Open Access journal) | $1200 (flat per paper fee) | Included | $1200 (flat per paper fee) | Included |
| Comment and Reply correspondence (all journals) |
None | — | None | — |
| BAMS | See BAMS page charges | |||
| Monographs | See Monographs charges | |||
Open access for individual articles published in JAMC, JAS, JCLI, JHM, JPO, JTECH, MWR, WAF, and WCAS is available for an additional fee as indicated above. For more details about AMS Open Choice please visit Open Access for AMS Journals and BAMS.
In addition to page charges, additional charges may be assessed for:
- excessive changes/edits to typeset proofs
- the processing of multiple figure files for single figures
- keying in of manuscript files that cannot be converted to an editable file
Required Forms
Please visit the Cost Estimation Worksheet and Charge Forms page to select and download the necessary forms.
Waivers of Page Charges
AMS has a limited budget for waivers. Authors must demonstrate a legitimate lack of funding to cover charges. Waivers must be requested during initial submission. Note that the cost of processing color figures, which is included in the cost of page charges for authors who pay in full, cannot be waived. Authors receiving full waivers must convert all color files to black and white. Authors receiving partial waivers must cover the processing cost for any color figures at the rate of $490 for the first file, $390 for the second file, and $150 for the third and subsequent files. For more information on the AMS waiver program and to request a waiver, see Page Charge Waivers.
Billing and Payments
Additional information regarding invoices and payments is available in the Billing and Payments FAQ.
UK Corresponding Authors
UK corresponding authors: Check below to confirm if your institution has a Read-and-Publish agreement with AMS Publications. Under these agreements, your institution has paid one fee for all publishing costs and subscription access from 1 January 2023 through December 31 2024 (i.e. there will be no fees charged to authors for submissions where the corresponding author’s institution has a Read-and-Publish agreement with AMS: All charges are covered under the agreement). The Read & Publish agreements include all AMS journals and the Bulletin of the AMS (BAMS). Corresponding authors must use their institutional email address and affiliation when submitting manuscripts in order for the agreement to apply. A full description of the AMS Read-and-Publish agreements for UK institutions is available on the JISC license subscription manager catalog.
- British Antarctic Survey (NERC)
- British Geological Survey (NERC)
- National Oceanography Centre
- University College London
- University of Bath
- University of Bristol
- University of Durham
- University of Edinburgh
- University of Exeter
- University of Leeds
- University of Liverpool
- University of Manchester
- University of Nottingham
- University of Oxford
- University of Reading
- University of Sheffield
Article Reprint Charges
Reprints are ordered directly from our printing partner Sheridan Press and the cost is calculated based on the selections made during the ordering process.