Open access policy

All articles published byRhinology Online are made freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication, without subscription charges or registration barriers.

Rhinology Online is a peer-reviewed, Open Access journal that accepts research articles, reviews, study protocols, case histories and special reports in rhinology.

As authors of articles published inRhinology Online you are the copyright holders of your article and have granted to any third party, in advance and in perpetuity, the right to use, reproduce or disseminate your article.

Rhinology Online adheres to the BOAI definition of open access: that users have the right to "read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles"


Fees and funding

All articles published in our journals are open access and freely available online, immediately upon publication. This is made possible by an article- processing charge (APC) that covers the range of publishing services we provide. This includes provision of online tools for editors and authors, article production and hosting, liaison with abstracting and indexing services, and customer services. The APC, payable when your manuscript is editorially accepted and before publication, is charged to either you, or your funder, institution or employer.

Rhinology Online levies an article-processing charge of 700 euro for each article accepted for publication. We routinely waive charges for authors from low-income countries. For other countries, article- processing charge waivers or discounts are granted on a case-by- case basis to authors with insufficient funds. Authors can request a waiver or discount during the submission process.

-FAQ-

Who is responsible for making or arranging the payment?

As the corresponding author of the manuscript you are responsible for making or arranging the payment (for instance, via your institution) upon editorial acceptance of the manuscript.

At which stage is the amount I will need to pay fixed?

The APC payable for an article is agreed as part of the manuscript submission process. The agreed charge will not change, regardless of any change to the journal’s APC.

When and how do I pay?

Upon editorial acceptance of an article, the corresponding author (you) will be notified that payment is due. You need to arrange payment unless a waiver has been granted.

We advise prompt payment as we are unable to publish accepted articles until payment has been received.

Payment can be made by any of the following methods:

  1. Credit card - payment can be made online using a secure payment form as soon as the manuscript has been editorially accepted. We will we send a receipt by email once payment has been processed.
  2. Invoice - payment is due within 30 days of the manuscript receiving editorial acceptance. Receipts are available on request. Please note that payment other than by credit card carries an administrative surcharge of 50 euro.

No taxes are included in this charge. In principle 21% VAT has to be payed.


Copyright

Where an author is prevented from being the copyright holder (for instance in the case of US government employees or those of Commonwealth governments), minor variations may be required. In such cases the copyright line and license statement in individual articles will be adjusted, for example to state ‘© 2016 Crown copyright’. Authors requiring a variation of this type should Rhinology Online during or immediately after submission of their article. Changes to the copyright line cannot be made after publication of an article.


Please contact us if there are questions.