APCs: Helpful information for authors concerning publication fees
Hogrefe is committed to promoting and furthering open access and would like to support authors in publishing open access. On this page, we have put together some useful tips on how to fund article publication charges (APC).
- Overview of article publication charges (APCs)
- Information on editorial independence
- For members of societies and associations
- Agreements with institutions
- Discount and Waiver Initiatives
Overview of article publication charges (APCs) for open access publication
Please refer to the overview document for detailed information on our APCs.
Hogrefe has various institutional agreements, society membership arrangements, and waiver and discount programs for corresponding authors who have little to no access to APC funding, such as researchers from low- or middle-income countries, early career researchers, and for members of various societies.
Information on editorial independence
Editorial decisions on the acceptance of a manuscript are made by the independent editors of the respective journal. Editors are not involved in correspondence regarding payment of article publication charges (APCs) or in checking in advance the authors’ ability to pay. Even “Editor Choice” articles are chosen independently.
Your article will be handled in the same way by Hogrefe and by the editors of the journal in which it is to be published – regardless of whether it is published open access as part of the Hogrefe OpenMind program, in an open access journal, or in the traditional publication model (funded by subscriptions).
For members of societies and associations
Hogrefe has special agreements with the following organizations, which you can contact directly for details:
- German Psychological Society (DGPs):
All titles
- International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP):
Crisis – The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention
- European Association of Psychological Assessment (EAPA):
European Journal of Psychological Assessment
Psychological Test Adaptation and Development
- American Psychological Association Division 52:
International Perspectives in Psychology: Research, Practice, Consultation
- DGPs German Psychological Society:
Experimental Psychology
- European Association for Aviation Psychology (EAAP) & Australian Aviation Psychology Association (AAvPA):
Aviation Psychology and Applied Human Factors
Agreements with institutions
Hogrefe has transformative agreements with institutions (e.g., universities or libraries), also known as Read-and-Publish agreements. The institution pays us an annual license fee. This fee covers both online access to the journals (reading rights) and the publication costs (Article Processing Charges, APCs). If corresponding authors affiliated with such an institution submit an article to a hybrid journal of our publishing house and it is accepted, the article can be published Open Access without additional costs charged by Hogrefe. The APCs are already covered by the paid license fees.
Current agreements can be viewed in the ESAC Transformative Agreement Registry:
Germany: Hogrefe PsyJOURNALS Agreement 2024-2026
UK: APA’s PsycArticles portfolio including the Hogrefe collection of journals 2024-2026
Switzerland: Open Access Transformative Agreement PsyJOURNALS Hogrefe – “PH-Konsortium”
Open Policy Finder
This platform, provided by Jisc, consolidates the Open Access policies of journals, publishers, and funding institutions. It allows users to search for Open Access policies and provides clear information on licenses and embargoes.
Discount and Waiver Initiatives of Our Open Access Journals
Our fully Open Access journals offer discount and waiver initiatives. More information can be found here.
