Journal of Microbiology - The changes in publication model and fee

We would like to inform you that the publishing mode of Journal of Microbiology will be changed from the ‘Subscription’ to ‘Hybrid’ format in 2023.

In addition, authors can choose ‘Open Access’ for accepted manuscripts in the upcoming years. There is article processing charge (APC) for Open Access publication of your article by Springer.

Under the hybrid publishing model, a fixed publication fee will be applied for articles that are submitted from January, 2023. All accepted papers of traditional publishing model (non-OA) will be kindly asked to pay a publication fee from the Microbiological Society of Korea. The publication fee must be paid before online-first publication. There is no waiver, discount, or refund.

The provisions for publication fees by MSK are as follows:

Corresponding author(s) who is

--a member of MSK           600,000 KRW (AP*: 2,000,000 KRW)

--a non-member of MSK    800,000 KRW (AP: 2,400,000 KRW)

--Overseas authors            600 USD (AP: 2,400 USD)

  ^{*AP: accelerated publication.}

Please refer to the Submission guidelines for further information.

Thank you very much.