One of the journals (Q1) published my article after the peer review was complete. Now they are asking for APC, I requested for APC waiver, but they refused because I received funding for data collection and transportation which was a very small amount, and I clearly described the situation to them with a letter from the department head. I tried to collect APC from different sources but failed. Today they sent an invoice showing the due amount of 1600 USD. What to do now?
Dear Mustafizur Rahman
I am afraid that to some degree this is your ’own fault’. Most publishers require that you ask for a waiver request upfront. For now, I think that you cannot do anything else but to request to withdraw/retract the manuscript (due to your inability to pay the APC).
For the future I would say choose a publisher that give you an automatic waiver for APCs (based on your country), see for example:
https://authorservices.wiley.com/open-research/open-access/for-authors/waivers-and-discounts.html
https://academic.oup.com/pages/open-research/open-access/charges-licences-and-self-archiving/apc-waiver-policy?login=false
There are a number of publishers that use the so-called Research4life criteria see https://www.research4life.org/access/criteria/ for the list https://www.research4life.org/access/eligibility/
Best regards.
Is there any way to keep my article published without apc paying?
What if i retracted my article only for apc issues, it can be submitted to another journal??
Dear Mustafizur Rahman You did not disclose which journal/publisher you talk about so it is impossible to 'predict' the reaction of them.
But in general I would say that if they are not willing to publish your paper without you paying the APC (since you are unable to do so) I think the next step is to request a formal withdrawal/retraction of your manuscript.
Once you received a conformation you are free to submit your manuscript elsewhere, but again it depends on the publisher how they will react on your request.
Best regards.
They already published my article.
Publisher: Elsevier
Q1 journal, and it is very good journal.
Dear Mustafizur Rahman This is somewhat strange. If paying an APC is required I would expect that the publishing only takes place once the payment is fulfilled.
Is this not 'just' a bureaucratic matter? Since as far as I can see this journal use a waiver program that includes the earlier mentioned Research4Life criteria https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-king-saud-university-science/publish/open-access-options
Best regards.
PS. Anyway if payment is still required then I presume that they will retract the already published paper. So I guess you will have to wait how they respond to your message that you will and cannot pay the APC.
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