Do the Article Publishing Charge (APC) and Publication cost same ?

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Wolfgang R. Dick

Could you please explain in more detail what you mean?

Atul Kumar Kuthiala

Article processing charge (APC), also known as a publication fee, is a fee which is sometimes charged to authors.

Most commonly, it is involved in making a published work available as open access.

Keeping above in view, the simple answer is:

Not necessarily.

Having said, only a publisher can provide a definite answer.

Hope this helps.