Open access funding options

Many universities and institutions have open access funding agreements with Springer Nature. Find out if your institution has an agreement that can cover the article processing charge (APC) when you publish open access in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology.

An article processing charge (APC) applies for each article accepted for publication in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. The APC price is determined on the date that the article is accepted for publication. The current APC for Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology is £2690.00 GBP / $4190.00 USD / €3290.00 EUR.

Other funding options

1. Your research funder may be able to help you with open access publishing costs. For assistance, contact your research funder. You can look for their contact details in our funders and institutions A-Z index.
2. Your institution may be able to help with open access publishing costs. Talk to your librarian or research office.

3. Springer Nature offers APC waivers and discounts for articles published in our fully open access journals whose corresponding authors are based in low-income countries. For more information, see our APC waivers and discounts policy.

   Requests for APC waivers and discounts from other authors will be considered on a case-by-case basis, and may be granted in cases of financial need. Learn more about our open access policies for journals.