Fees and funding

Official APC for the Journal of Intensive Care in 2021: Euro 1,790/ US$  2,170/ GBP 1,570. 

In 2021, the Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine covers 70% of the above APC to support authors. Authors will be charged only 30% of the price. 

Discounted APC for authors in 2021: Euro 429.6/ US$ 520.8 / GBP 376.8.
To receive this discount, authors should submit below institution code during the process of manuscript submission.

[how to request APC support] 
1) In the final step of manuscript new submission, when you click 'Build PDF for approval' button, you are taken to 'Publication Charges' page.
2) Click 'View Publication Charges' button.
3) APC information is shown on the APC agreement page. In the bottom of the page, select payment option #2 : 'I believe I am covered by an institutional membership arrangement and wish to request institutional payment or discount. and insert below institution code to the box. 

Institution code:  BB-JSICM-JINC-0221 
4) press 'submit'. 
5) confirm verified APC in the next page and proceed.  

[note]
* this code and APC support is available to all authors no matter whether they hold society membership or otherwise.
**however this MUST be requested during the process of new submission. Post-submission requests cannot be accepted. 
***for those who can't afford discounted APC should request full waiver using the third option. "I believe I am eligible for a waiver or discount of the Article Processing Charge" and provide specific reason. 

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Article Processing Charges from 2022

The Society-sponsored APC share of each accepted article shall be set as follows; 

1. For the articles submitted in 2021, the Society will sponsor 70% of the Journal’s then APC  (30% charged to the author)
2. For the articles submitted in 2022, the Society will sponsor 60% of the Journal’s then APC  (40% charged to the author) 
3. For the articles submitted in 2023, the Society will sponsor 50% of the Journal’s then APC  (50% charged to the author) 

Open access publishing is not without costs. Journal of Intensive Care therefore levies an article-processing charge of £1570.00/$2170.00/€1790.00 for each article accepted for publication, plus VAT or local taxes where applicable.

If the corresponding author's institution participates in our open access membership program, some or all of the publication cost may be covered (more details available on the membership page). We routinely waive charges for authors from low-income countries. For other countries, article-processing charge waivers or discounts are granted on a case-by-case basis to authors with insufficient funds. Authors can request a waiver or discount during the submission process. For further details, see our article-processing charge page.

BMC provides a free open access funding support service to help authors discover and apply for article processing charge funding. Visit our OA funding and policy support page to view our list of research funders and institutions that provide funding for APCs, and to learn more about our email support service.

For more information on APCs please see our Journal Pricing FAQs