Pricing plans

ARPHA's transparent cost structure offers a variety of pricing models and operational plans to match a wide range of budgets and technological requirements.

High-level groups of Tools & services (for a detailed description of the platform and services, please see the table below)
LiteL
BasicB
AdvancedA
PremiumP
Website design & setup of end-to-end journal publishing platform 
Submission and pre-review management system 
 
Peer review and editorial management system 
Production management system 
Copy editing & light-weight language editing 
 
 
 
Typesetting & proofreading services 
 
 
 
Conversion and publication of full-text article in HTML & XML 
 
 
PDF publishing services 
 
Hosting, indexing & archiving 
 
Distribution & dissemination 
 
Usage  and management statistics 
 
Journal promotion package 
 
 
Journal development support 
 
 
 
Integration with ARPHA Preprints platform
 
 
ONE-TIME SETUP FEE: Website & platform standard technical setup (Individual website design, logo, article layout, cover, social media profiles, etc.)
€ 1,500
€ 1,500
€ 1,500
€ 1,500
EXEMPLAR TOTAL ANNUAL COST PER JOURNAL (up to 25 published articles per year) 1,2
€ 30
€ 5,500
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1 Discounts available for multiple journals, if contracted at once.

2 Please ask for a quote for other publication volumes.

Note 1: Journals published in ARPHA should be compliant with DOAJ criteria for publishing quality and ethics.

Note 2: Combinations between plans or features are negotiable.

Note 3: All prices are exclusive of VAT.

DETAILED SERVICES DESCRIPTIONS PER PRICING PLAN (see also ARPHA Services)

Services
LiteL
BasicB
AdvancedA
PremiumP
DOI registration & online publication
XML conversion of article metadata (i.e. journal title, ISSN, publication date, authors, article abstract, DOI, copyright license information and others)
Metadata export in 12+ machine-readable formats
Publication in PDF
Special issues & article collections
One-stop API end-point for automated indexing & archiving in 40+ international databases
Article sharing & distribution tool
Email alert subscription tool
Post-publication comments & reviews
Article download & citation count tool
Basic technical support & online handbook
Journal performance statistics
Regular pop-up reminders for users to update their expertise
Direct subject editor application form
White-label publishing model (under own logo and imprint)
Bilingual platform & journal's website (ON SPECIAL ORDER)
Print-on-demand of article reprints or journal issues (OPTIONAL)
Training for the editors on how to start working with the platform (4 hours)
iThenthicate plagiarism checking tool
 
Review quality rating (optional)
 
Current and past workload statistics for reviewers and subject editors
 
Data publishing, DOI & metadata for supplementary data files
 
Full-text, long-term archiving in international repositories
 
Automated two-way link at Crossref between ARPHA Preprint and associated published articles
 
Altmetrics, Dimensions, Publons, ReviewerCredits & ScienceOpen integration
 
Integration with OA Switchboard
Contributor Role Taxonomy (CRediT) integration
 
Custom domain name
 
Consultancy & support in journal indexing & archiving in 30+ international databases
 
Consultancy & support in journal marketing & promotion
 
 
APC collecting & accounting (OPTIONAL)
 
 
Copy editing by native English speakers
 
 
 
Typesetting & proofreading to final PDF
 
 
 
Full-text conversion, semantic enrichment & publication in HTML, JATS XML and PDF
 
 
 
Full-text XML harvesting and text mining via API
 
 
Inclusion of open citations in the articles' machine-readable metadata
 
 
Text annotation via hypothes.is
 
 
 
Assignment of DOIs to each individual image (optional)
 
 
  
Sub-article-level usage metrics (for separate figures, tables & supplementary materials)
 
 
 
Journal promotion package (2 PR  campaigns per year, support in social media promotion, journal flyer)
 
 
Extensive marketing & promotional support (4 PR campaigns per year, social media maintenance, marketing collateral, journal presentation slides, journal Media centre)
 
 
  
Annual report & recommendations on journal's performance, promotion, and management
 
 
Semi-annual report & recommendations on journal's performance, promotion, and management
 
 
 

Feel free to ask for a quote and learn more about ARPHA's business plans for academic journals, as well as for open access books and conference outputs through the form below.

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