Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology — publication fee
Verified list price, waiver route and what authors actually paid.
Checked 14 October 2026
The Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology article processing charge is CHF 3,150 (list price, before tax), read from the publisher's page on 14 October 2026.
Fees at a glance
| Publisher | Frontiers |
|---|---|
| Model | gold OA |
| APC (list) | CHF 3,150 |
| Median actually paid | €4,032 across 7 articles (2025) OpenAPC, incl. VAT, EUR — not converted from list price |
| ISSN | 2296-634X |
What authors actually paid, by year
OpenAPC records 7 Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology articles paid for by institutions in 2025, median €4,032 (range €1,134 – €4,145). Across the 11 years with at least five reported articles, the median moved from €1,503 (2015) to €4,032 (2025). These are amounts actually invoiced to institutions, in euros including VAT, so they reflect agreements, discounts and exchange rates — not the list price above.
| Year | Route | Articles reported | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | gold OA | 6 | €1,503 | €1,268 – €4,179 |
| 2016 | gold OA | 17 | €1,424 | €225 – €1,716 |
| 2017 | gold OA | 12 | €885 | €401 – €2,033 |
| 2018 | gold OA | 19 | €1,385 | €662 – €1,992 |
| 2019 | gold OA | 41 | €1,939 | €403 – €2,428 |
| 2020 | gold OA | 135 | €1,987 | €328 – €3,118 |
| 2021 | gold OA | 212 | €2,121 | €662 – €3,578 |
| 2022 | gold OA | 179 | €2,686 | €414 – €3,679 |
| 2023 | gold OA | 76 | €2,967 | €494 – €3,841 |
| 2024 | gold OA | 41 | €3,178 | €813 – €3,743 |
| 2025 | gold OA | 7 | €4,032 | €1,134 – €4,145 |
Source: OpenAPC (ODbL), Bielefeld University Library; years with fewer than five reported articles are omitted. EUR, incl. VAT.
Waivers and discounts
Peer review, speed and licence
| Submission to publication | 12 weeks average stated by the journal |
|---|---|
| Peer review | Single anonymous |
| Licence | CC BY |
| Author keeps copyright | Yes |
| Plagiarism screening | Yes |
| Long-term preservation | CLOCKSS, PMC |
| Open access since | 2013 |
What Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology states in its record in the Directory of Open Access Journals, read 16 October 2026. The journal supplies these fields; DOAJ does not audit turnaround times. DOAJ record.
Sources for this page
- Fee
- www.frontiersin.org
- Checked
- 14 October 2026
- Paid by year
- OpenAPC (ODbL), per-year medians, n≥5
- Review & licence
- DOAJ (CC0), read 16 October 2026
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