Publication Fees

The Geological Society of America (GSA) is a nonprofit, society publisher. As such, author charges are set only to help recover a portion of the publishing costs—not to generate profits. We are committed to keeping expenses as low as possible for our authors and subscribers while maintaining the high standards expected of our publications.

Publication Fees at a Glance

	APC (article processing charge) per accepted paper^*	Gold Open Access^† (voluntary)	Color figure costs	Length restrictions
*Geology*	US$1,750 GSA Members: US$1,550	US$2,800^§ GSA Members: US$2,300	Free	See note^#
*GSA Bulletin*	US$2,800 GSA Members: US$2,600	US$2,800^** GSA Members: US$2,300	Free	None
Books	Free	US$2,800 GSA Members: US$2,300	1 Free color page; US$100 for each additional color page	None
GSA Today (100% Open Access)	Free	n.a.	Free	7 typeset pages
Geosphere (100% Open Access)	US$1,750 GSA Members: US$1,550	US$2,750 (CC-BY) GSA Members: US$2,500 (CC-BY)	Free	None

^*Authors who are unable to pay the APC (article processing charge) may apply for a waiver.
^†See GSA's Open Access policy for complete information.
^§Geology authors who pay for Gold Open Access won't be assessed the APC.
^#Geology sizing: (1) A character count with spaces (in Microsoft Word) of no more than 18,500 characters for the title, author names, affiliations, abstract, main text, Acknowledgments, and figure captions (the References Cited list does not need to be counted). (2) Up to 35 references in the References Cited list.
^**This is in addition to the mandatory publication fee for GSA Bulletin.