We are committed to accessible reading and transparent publishing. Our approach to open access is designed for an AI-first workflow: costs are driven by compute and verification, and outputs are shipped with versioned artifacts so institutions can audit what they funded.
Principles
- Transparent costs tied to compute and verification workloads
- Reproducible artifacts stored with versioned provenance
- Policy-first constraints for citations and claims
What drives cost
Different papers cost different amounts to publish. The primary drivers are the number of sources to discover and verify, the depth of validation required, and the amount of production work to render and store artifacts.
- Discovery: bibliometric search and retrieval queries (time-windowed, reproducible).
- Verification: DOI checks and evidence tracing for claims/tables.
- Review cycles: bounded iterations still consume compute; we cap cycles to keep costs predictable.
- Production: HTML/PDF rendering, asset storage, and metadata generation.
Institutional sponsorship
Institutions can sponsor authors or journals. If you’re evaluating support, we recommend starting with an institutional request so we can understand volume, content types, and compliance needs.
Waivers and discounts
Waivers and discounts may be available depending on the journal/series, funding model, and author circumstances. We aim to keep this process transparent and policy-driven rather than ad hoc.
Policies
See Editorial policies for how we handle citations, evidence traces, and author responsibilities.