Article processing charges are required for publication in the Journal of Korean Medical Science. These cover some of publishing costs, including the processing costs in journal website (https://jkms.org), Synapse (https://synapse.koreamed.org/LinkX.php?code=0063JKMS), and PubMed Central (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/journals/658/). Support from article processing charges helps your articles attract worldwide attention through free online access. An invoice for article processing charge will be sent to the corresponding author before publication. Your prompt payment of article processing charges will make your manuscripts published more quickly and efficiently, and we appreciate it. Article processing charges can be waived for authors from developing countries.

	Korean Won(￦)	US Dollar($)
Original, Review, Special articles	￦990,000	$900
Brief, Case Report	￦650,000	$550
Plus Graphic Abstract service	￦60,500	$50
Plus additional charges for long references (>40) or more Tables and Figures (>4)	￦250,000	$200
Erratum by authors	￦300,000	$250
Invited Review, Editorial, Opinion, Correspondence	Free	Free

JKMS’ price transparency breakdown for 2023 is presented below. The data represent proportions of whole journal publishing price in 2023 not of individual articles. We recognize APCs are not a perfect solution for all researchers and we are trying to find boosting or alternative resources. APCs are waived for authors from developing countries totally or partly following the last report of economic groups by the World Bank.

Items of service	Price %
Journal platform production and development	9.5%
Service from submission to accept	15.0%
Service after accept	44.9%
Service after publishing	21.0%
Editorial service	4.0%
Managing activities	5.6%