More than 40 journals published by Elsevier offer authors the option to sponsor non-subscriber access to individual articles. The charge for article sponsorship is $3,000. This charge is necessary to offset publishing costs – from managing article submission and peer review, to typesetting, tagging and indexing of articles, hosting articles on dedicated servers, supporting sales and marketing costs to ensure global dissemination via ScienceDirect, and permanently preserving the published journal article. The fee excludes taxes and other potential author fees such as color charges which are additional.
Authors can only select this option after receiving notification that their article has been accepted for publication. This prevents a potential conflict of interest where a journal would have a financial incentive to accept an article.
Authors who have had their article accepted and who wish to sponsor their article to make it available to non-subscribers should complete and submit the sponsored article order form
The following journals offer article sponsorship:
Physics and Chemistry
Astroparticle Physics
Catalysis Communications
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A