Article Processing Charges

Environment and Energy Informatics (EEI) is an open access journal, meaning that all articles are made freely available online immediately upon publication.

To support the costs associated with editorial management, peer review administration, copyediting, production, online hosting, digital archiving, and indexing support, an Article Processing Charge (APC) is applied to accepted manuscripts.

Standard APC: USD 250 per accepted article

However, under a publisher-sponsored waiver, the APC is fully waived for manuscripts submitted during the 2026 calendar year. Accordingly, eligible manuscripts accepted under this waiver will be published with USD 0 APC.

Waivers and Discounts

1. Research4Life Country Eligibility

Environment and Energy Informatics follows the Research4Life framework for determining APC waivers and discounts:

  • Group A (Free Access Countries) → 100% APC waiver
  • Group B (Low-Cost Access Countries) → 50% APC discount

The official list of eligible countries is maintained by Research4Life and may be updated periodically.

2. Support for Unfunded Authors

The journal recognizes that not all authors have access to research grants, institutional funding, or publication support. Authors from any country who do not have funding to cover APCs may request:

  • a full waiver, where justified; or
  • a partial discount

Requests should be made at the time of submission and should include a brief explanation of the lack of available funding.

Additional Notes

  • No submission fees are charged.
  • APC waiver or discount decisions are made at the discretion of the editorial board or publisher.
  • The peer review and editorial decision-making process is not influenced by the author’s ability to pay.
  • Requests for waivers or discounts are considered separately from the academic evaluation of the manuscript.

How to Request a Waiver or Discount

Authors requesting an APC waiver or discount should send an email to the journal’s official editorial contact with the subject line:

APC Waiver Request

The request should include:

  • manuscript title and submission ID
  • country of residence and/or institutional affiliation
  • funding status, with supporting explanation where applicable
  • brief justification for the request

Transparency Statement

The journal’s waiver policy is intended to ensure that financial limitations do not prevent the publication of high-quality scholarly work in Environment and Energy Informatics.