Open Access and Article Processing Charge (APC)
All articles published in Designs (ISSN 2411-9660) are published in full
open access.
An article processing charge (APC) of CHF 1600 (Swiss francs) applies to papers accepted after peer review.
This article processing charge is to cover the costs of peer review, copyediting, typesetting, long-term archiving, and journal management. In addition to Swiss
francs (CHF), we also accept payment in euros (EUR), US dollars (USD), British pound sterling (GBP), Japanese yen (JPY) or Canadian dollars (CAD).
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Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions. Note that many national and private research funding organizations and universities explicitly cover APCs for articles resulting from funded research projects.
Discounts are also available for authors from institutes which participate in MDPI's Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP).
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