The items that need to be collected during the publication of SCI papers mainly include: editing fee, grinding fee of SCI papers, printing fee of paper papers, drawing production fee, etc. However, the collection of these fees is not necessary, but according to your choice. In other words, publishing an SCI paper is completely free.
The publication fee of sci papers is the most important fee that may need to be paid in the process of publishing SCI papers, which has developed with the popularization of SCI papers and periodicals in recent years. Periodical refers to a periodical where readers can download papers for free, and the publication fee of the periodical is paid by the author, which can increase the number of views and citations of papers.
The polishing fee for SCI papers is another fee that may be paid during the publication of SCI papers. If your article has language problems and is required by SCI journal editors or peer reviewers to polish your native English, you need to pay the polishing fee for SCI papers. For the fees for polishing sci papers, please refer to another article, How much is it to polish an SCI article? What is the charge for polishing SCI papers? Generally, it takes 1500 yuan to polish an SCI paper. If you take a higher level of service, it will cost more.
Some SCI journals also provide paper SCI papers for authors to collect and share their works. If you need to buy a paper-based SCI paper, you need to pay the printing fee for the paper-based paper, which is generally about $20.
In addition, if your SCI paper is selected as the cover paper, you may need to make a beautiful cover picture. If you find a third-party company to make a cover map, you need to pay a map making fee, usually 3,000 to 5,000 yuan for a map.
To sum up, the lowest cost of publishing an SCI paper is free, and the highest is about 20,000 RMB.