Prices for journals outside India
Two plans, per journal, a year, in US dollars, paid in advance. Crossref’s own fees are separate: the journal pays them to Crossref, at Crossref’s price.
DOIs done for you
$600 a year per journal
$400 in Crossref’s GEM countries (the list)
- Crossref set up with you: the membership application, or Crossref’s GEM programme where the journal’s country is in it
- The DOI settings in the journal’s own system (OJS)
- Every article of every issue registered, with complete metadata: abstract, references, ORCID iDs, licence, funding
- Each record read back from Crossref, and any fault put right
- The back issues registered in the first year
DOIs + indexing
$1,500 a year per journal
$1,000 in Crossref’s GEM countries (the list)
Everything in “DOIs done for you”, and:
- The readiness audit of the journal
- The indexing applications the audit shows the journal fits — DOAJ first — each followed until it is decided
- The journal’s public health card: what it has achieved, each line linked to its source
What else to know
- Up to 200 articles a year in either plan; each article beyond, $3.
- A publisher with five or more journals: 20% off every journal.
- Crossref’s own fees are the journal’s, paid to Crossref directly: $275 a year for a publisher with publishing revenue under $1 million, plus $1 for each new article and $0.15 for each back-issue article. Crossref’s fees ↗ In the countries Crossref’s GEM programme covers, nothing.
- The journal joins Crossref in its own name; the DOIs and the records stay the journal’s, whoever it works with later.
- Payment by PayPal invoice — card or PayPal balance. Work starts when the invoice is paid.
- Not sure which plan fits? Start with “Not sure yet” on the form: we read the journal’s public record first and say. Ask →
Crossref’s GEM countries — 79 countries; our price there is $400 or $1,000 a year per journal
In these countries Crossref charges its members no membership or registration fees (its GEM programme), and our two plans cost $400 and $1,000 a year per journal. Crossref decides who is eligible, by the member’s country; the list is Crossref’s own, as its page showed it on 21 Oct 2026. Crossref’s GEM page ↗
Afghanistan
Angola
Bangladesh
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cabo Verde
Cambodia
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo, Rep
Côte d'Ivoire
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
Dominica
Eritrea
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Fiji
Gambia
Ghana
Grenada
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Kenya
Kiribati
Kosovo
Kyrgyz Republic
Lao PDR
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Maldives
Mali
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Mozambique
Myanmar
Nepal
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Rwanda
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
São Tomé and Principe
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Sudan
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Syria
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Timor Leste
Togo
Tonga
Tuvalu
Uganda
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
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