Publication fee refers to the fee charged by periodical editors to authors who publish papers in regular academic journals approved by the State Press and Publication Administration.

Judging from the constituent elements and procedures of the page fee itself, the page fee is a voluntary contract behavior of both parties, which is a slap in the face and there is no violation of law and discipline. "Page fee" has long been an open secret of domestic academic circles. The paper industry chain, which is centered on page fee, has developed to a considerable scale. The reason can be said that the page fee has played a great role in boosting.