Article Processing Charge

All articles published in Earth Sciences Perspectives (ESP) are Gold Open Access: immediately freely available to read, download, unlimited use, and reuse of articles. All articles are published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0). An Article Processing Charge of 1000 AUD will be applied for each accepted manuscript. Local VAT or Sales Tax will be added if applicable. Editorial items (Editorials, Corrections, Additions, Retractions, Letters, Comments, Book Reviews, etc.) are published free of charge if accepted. Article Processing Charges (APCs) are waived before March 2027.

Appropriate consideration will be given for a waiver providing the paper has already met the scientific and editorial standards required for publication in ESP. For authors publishing in ESP, Scilight Press offers waivers and discounts to corresponding authors based in low- and lower middle-income countries and locations classified by the World Bank.