Publishing Fee, Waiver Policy and Manuscript Withdrawal Conditions

For editorially accepted regular manuscripts of up to 12 pages that will be published in 2026, the publisher requires payment of a publishing fee / Article Processing Charge (APC) of EUR 810. For each additional page exceeding 12 pages, an extra fee of EUR 30 per page applies.

The APC becomes payable after the manuscript has successfully passed the editorial and peer-review process, after submission of the final revised version, and before final publication processing.
No final copy editing, typesetting, final formatting, DOI registration, online publication, or inclusion in a journal issue will take place until the APC has been paid in full.
The APC covers the publication stage, including final manuscript processing, technical preparation, online publication, archiving, DOI registration, indexing-related processing, data storage management, and journal maintenance.
Payment of the APC does not influence editorial decision-making. Manuscripts are evaluated exclusively on the basis of their scientific quality, relevance to the journal’s scope, originality, ethical compliance, and technical suitability.

Acta Logistica operates under an Open Access publishing model. Authors are therefore required to pay an APC to publish their work with open access under a Creative Commons licence.
The publisher may offer fee waivers or discounts on a case-by-case basis. Requests for a full or partial waiver must be submitted before manuscript submission and sent by email to info@actalogistica.eu.

Authors requesting a waiver should include the following information:

• Title of the manuscript
• Manuscript type (Research – Scientific; Professional – Practical; Review – Analytical; Educational)
• Name and affiliation of the corresponding author
• Type of waiver requested (full or partial)
• Justification for the waiver request
• Information on research funding

The peer-review and editorial process is provided for manuscripts genuinely intended for publication in Acta Logistica. Authors are expected to act responsibly, transparently, and in good faith throughout the editorial and publication process.
Withdrawal of a manuscript before the peer-review process has started is possible without any editorial processing fee.

Withdrawal of a manuscript after completion of the peer-review process and after receipt of reviewers’ reports is considered an exceptional situation and must be properly justified. In such cases, the publisher may require payment of an editorial processing fee of EUR 300.

Withdrawal of a manuscript after editorial processing, technical preparation, final formatting, proof preparation, or preparation of the article for publication is also considered an exceptional situation and must be properly justified. In such cases, the publisher may require payment of an editorial and production processing fee of EUR 500.

These fees cover part of the editorial, peer-review, administrative, technical, and production work already performed by the journal. They do not represent an article publication fee and do not guarantee publication.
The editorial processing fees may also apply in cases where authors fail to fulfil the agreed publication conditions, fail to pay the APC after confirming the publication conditions, or stop communicating with the Editorial Office after completion of peer review, editorial processing, acceptance, or production preparation.
Peer-review reports, editorial comments, technical corrections, formatted proofs, and other editorial outputs prepared by the journal are provided solely for the purpose of processing the manuscript for publication in Acta Logistica and must not be used as a free editorial service for submission or publication elsewhere.
By submitting a manuscript to the journal, the author(s) explicitly acknowledge that they have read, understood, and accepted the publishing fee, waiver policy, manuscript withdrawal policy, and editorial processing fee conditions stated above.