July 24, 2018

Change to Publication Charges for APEX and JJAP

To simplify the process of publication in APEX and JJAP, the Editorial Board of APEX and JJAP has chosen to replace page charges with a per-article Publication Charge. This change will ensure that authors know exactly what they will be charged, before they submit their article. This change will be adopted for the publications in issue 1 of 2019 onward.

  • APEX Letter: 60,000JPY per article
  • JJAP Rapid Communication: 40,000JPY per article
  • JJAP Regular Paper: 60,000JPY per article
  • JJAP Brief Note: 30,000JPY per article
  • Comment: 20,000JPY per article
  • Addendum: 10,000JPY per article
  • Corrigendum: 10,000JPY per article

(Note: Corrigendum is previously known as Erratum)

Change of the publication charge for the articles of JJAP Special Issues will be informed separately.

Price Change of Open Access APC

The Editorial Board of APEX and JJAP decided to change the Open Access APC as below. This change will be adopted for the publications in issue 1 of 2019 onward.

  • New Open Access APC: 150,000JPY per article

There is no difference by article type. Please note that the new price will take effect to applications for making published articles Open Access from January 2019 onward.