Open Access

CSIRO PUBLISHING journal authors may choose to publish their papers as Open Access. CSIRO PUBLISHING charges an Open Access Author Fee for this service.

Your Open Access paper

may be viewed for free by anyone with an internet connection anywhere in the world

may be used, copied and transmitted for non-commercial purposes by anyone subject to acknowledgement of the author and journal

may be augmented with accessory material (additional files including text, sound and images)

will be registered with CrossRef and will be uploaded to the appropriate abstracting and indexing services

will appear in all available versions (electronic, paper) of the journal, and will be marked as Open Access

Choosing Open Access for your paper

does not influence peer review - you choose Open Access only after your paper is accepted for publication

does not affect editorial decisions - you will still receive expert editorial advice to improve your work

does not change the way your paper is handled through production phases - you will still enjoy our excellent professional service

You will be notified of the option to choose Open Access when your paper is accepted. You will be asked to make your choice at the proof stage of your paper.

Copyright

All Open Access content can be used, copied and transmitted for non-commercial purposes by anyone including authors, subject to proper attribution for the author and journal. For further information see Copyright/Licence to Publish.

Open Access Author Fees

The peer review and publishing services applied to your paper incur costs. Since these costs cannot be recovered from subscription revenue for Open Access content, we charge Open Access Author Fees. Fees vary by journal. The table below indicates the Open Access Author Fees.

Journal	Open Access Author Fee
Animal Production Science (continuing Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture)	US$2500 (AU$3000 GST incl.)
Australian Journal of Botany	US$2500 (AU$3000 GST incl.)
Australian Journal of Chemistry	US$2500 (AU$3000 GST incl.)
Australian Journal of Soil Research	US$2500 (AU$3000 GST incl.)
Australian Journal of Zoology	US$2500 (AU$3000 GST incl.)
Australian Systematic Botany	US$2500 (AU$3000 GST incl.) for up to 30 pages; >30 pages, US$50 (AU$65) per page
Crop & Pasture Science (continuing Australian Journal of Agricultural Research)	US$2500 (AU$3000 GST incl.)
Environmental Chemistry	US$2500 (AU$3000 GST incl.)
Functional Plant Biology	US$2500 (AU$3000 GST incl.)
Invertebrate Systematics	US$2500 (AU$3000 GST incl.) for up to 30 pages; >30 pages, US$50 (AU$65) per page
Marine & Freshwater Research	US$2500 (AU$3000 GST incl.)
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia	US$1600 (AU$1925 GST incl.)
Reproduction, Fertility and Development	US$2500 (AU$3000 GST incl.)
Sexual Health	US$2500 (AU$3000 GST incl.)
The Rangeland Journal	US$2500 (AU$3000 GST incl.)
Wildlife Research	US$2500 (AU$3000 GST incl.)

Open Access Author Fees are separate from and additional to any other publication charges, such as colour printing and reprints.

Effect on Subscription Prices

CSIRO PUBLISHING journals contain a mixture of Open Access and subscription access content. In our annual review of subscription prices we consider the amount of subscription access content we expect to publish in the following year. Open Access content does not influence subscription price calculations.