Questions tagged [fees]
Questions concerning monetary costs associated with higher education, publishing, or other academic activities, specifically those not formally considered [tuition] or not related to standard research [funding] mechanisms.
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Article got accepted into PRL -- do I pay the costs?
Last week we got an article accepted into PRL (Physical Review Letters). As is standard, they afterwards sent out an email saying
To help defray editorial and production expenses, APS, a
not-for-...
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Student requesting to cover/reduce Mandatory Overlength Page Charge for IEEE Transaction
I along with my previous Professor had submitted a journal article to an IEEE Transaction. It got accepted now while I no longer work with him. Our accepted article has a page length 15 and the ...
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Tuition fees vs enrolment fees?
What is the difference between tuition fees and enrolment fees? The University I'm planning to apply for MA studies, requires Non-EU students to pay 1500 euros per semester for tuition and 150 euros ...
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Conference registration fees by sketchy means?
Most conferences have registration fees that can be paid online. However, some conferences (such as IBIMA) don't offer Web-based payment processing and instead require that fees be paid by (a) wire ...
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Why did journal subscription prices increase by 25% between 2013 and 2017? (vs. 5% for US inflation)
I read on https://journals.ebsco.com/products-services/explore-content :
Why did journal subscription prices increase by 25% between 2013 and 2017?
That's much more than the US inflation (~5.1% ...
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What does "Remuneration: Expenses" mean in an internship description?
While reading an internship description it mentions Remuneration:Expenses with 3 months duration. What is the interpretation of this? Does it mean if I get accepted I won't get paid? In general, is it ...
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Why are academics expected to pay out of their pockets for society memberships?
I had a discussion with a colleague about paying to become a member out of our own pockets. His argument is that we have to support a society if we care about it.
I don't understand the argument. The ...
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What options does an international PhD student in UK have to fund his PhD? [closed]
I am in the final year of my PhD and have some dues to clear. Unfortunately, I don't have enough funds to pay my fees. What options do I have, being an international student, to obtain financial ...
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Paid publish fees two years late, can journal reject my paper?
I submitted a paper to a journal. They finally accepted it and asked me to pay a fee. However, due to my economic condition, I was not able to pay the fee.
After 2 years, I finally payed the fee, but ...
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What is the benefit of 'voluntary page charges'?
There are quite a few journals which ask for voluntary page charges. Some may do for the whole journal and most for the first couple of pages.
Take IEEE Transactions on Forensics and Security for ...
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Is it possible/acceptable to ask for wear & tear travel expense reimbursement? [closed]
An example: I've been using some suitcase, mostly (but not only) for traveling to conferences. Gradually, the wheels have wore out, and in my last trip I was walking over some gravelly road for a ...
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What could be incentives for publishers to waive fees for reusing figures?
I'm in charge to obtain permissions to reuse figures from previous publications for our future work. Our publisher is a STM-signatory so for most journals there is little problem as their publisher ...
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How much does it cost to make a MOOC universally accessible, as defined by the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990?
Is there any research/study/survey that tried to quantify the cost of making a MOOC universally accessible, as defined by the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 (mirror)?
I am aware that the ...
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Ethics for trip reimbursement from multiple parties
When doing e.g. a seminar talk, it is customary for the hosting institution to pay for the speaker's trip. If it is just an isolated trip to a point A, life is simple; so far, so good.
However, I ...
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Publication charges are not sent to the right address?
I am disappointed that I can not get an answer about a submitted article for publication in a journal.
I receved the acceptation for final publication, then I paid the publication fees by Western ...
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