Publishing Charges

Hybrid journals are subscription journals that offer authors the choice to have their article published under an Open Access licence by paying an Article Publishing Charge (APC). There are no mandatory publishing charges. CSIRO Publishing does not currently offer waivers or discounts for authors publishing Open Access in a hybrid journal. To learn more visit our Open Access page. Journals allowing such Gold Open Access have an ‘Open Access’ link in the left menu on their homepage. For CSIRO Publishing hybrid journals the APC is:

*Inclusive of GST for Australian authors

Gold Open Access journals provide free, immediate access to all published articles, ensuring that anyone can read and download them without a subscription. To sustain this model, journals typically charge authors or their institutions an Article Processing Charge (APC) upon acceptance of the manuscript. To learn more, visit our Open Access page. For CSIRO Publishing gold open access journals, find APC information on the journal websites:

International Journal of Wildland Fire – Publishing Charges

Once your manuscript has been peer reviewed and accepted for publication, the corresponding author will be sent an email from our partner the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) with a link to their web-based RightsLink platform. Follow the link to the platform to review your publication options. For hybrid journals, you can decline Open Access, or choose an Open Access licence and complete payment of the Article Publishing Charge (APC). For fully Open Access journals, you must choose an Open Access licence and complete payment of the APC. You will have the option to pay by credit/debit card or by invoice and will be required to create an account to complete the secure transaction. If payment by invoice is selected, the invoice will be emailed to the corresponding author. A receipt of payment will also be sent to the corresponding author. Note that if you are identified as eligible for no cost Open Access through a Read and Publish agreement, you will be guided to claim this and select a Creative Commons licence on the RightsLink platform.

If a third party, such as your funding body, will pay to make your article Open Access, please forward the email from the CCC to them and ask them to complete the transaction procedure. Alternatively, you may forward the invoice to the appropriate person for payment.

To facilitate fast publication, please confirm your options for publication as soon as possible after receiving this email. Please note that your article cannot be published until you have selected your options in the RightsLink portal. For publication in hybrid journals, if you do not wish to pay for any options, please decline all offers in the RightsLink portal.

If you have any payment-related enquires please contact: CSIROPublishing.support@copyright.com

In circumstances where the corresponding author wishes to cancel the payment order and provide alternative funder details (for example, if an author failed to provide funding / grant / institution information in order to secure payment from their funding body or institution, and asks to cancel the order so they can submit this information), CSIRO Publishing will allow the order to be cancelled and a full refund given. A refund will otherwise only be given in exceptional circumstances and will be decided on a case-by-case basis.

In the case an article is retracted from publication, no refund for author payments will be given.

For cancellation/refund enquiries, please contact: CSIROPublishing.support@copyright.com.