AAP Journals Open Access Policies
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is committed to making research widely and immediately accessible. Our open access policies are designed to align with industry mandates—including those from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), cOAlition S, "Plan S"—ensuring that all authors, especially those with federal or international funding, can publish and share their work without unnecessary barriers.
The AAP supports multiple open access pathways, allowing authors to choose the option that best fits their needs and funding requirements. Pediatrics and Hospital Pediatrics are subscription journals (Hybrid Open Access) and Pediatrics Open Science is the Gold OA journal.
The updated policies below enable immediate public access for US federally funded research for repository deposits to PubMed Central or CDC Stacks as required.
Non federally funded authors/papers can also select Gold Open Access for broader reuse rights and must request upon submission.
For detailed OA guidance, please review our open access policies and fees in the below chart. For more information on using a Creative Commons license: https://creativecommons.org/
For more OA information about Pediatrics Open Science, please review our open access policies and fees at this link: https://publications.aap.org/pediatricsopenscience/pages/open-access
| Open Access Policy |
Pediatrics and Hospital Pediatrics
(Hybrid Journals)
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|---|---|
| General Open Access |
Articles publish under a 12-month subscription embargo.
Optional
Gold Open Access (OA) license available upon request (see fees below).
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NIH Public Access Policy
CDC or CDC Stacks Public Access Policy
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Authors may deposit the Author Accepted Manuscript (AAM) in PubMed Central or CDC Stacks immediately upon publication, with permission from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
No embargo or fee for deposit to PMC or CDC Stacks.
Article is NOT free in the journal unless a Gold Open Access (OA) or Zero Embargo Green Open Access license is requested at the time of submission (see author fees below).
Authors are required to state NIH or CDC funding at time of submission.
To deposit NIH/CDC papers in PMC, authors are required to submit the final, peer-reviewed manuscript via the NIH Manuscript Submission System (NIHMS),
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| cOAlition S, "Plan S" Compliance |
Pediatrics and Hospital Pediatrics are not transformative agreement journals under cOAlition S, "Plan S."
Plan S funded papers not accepted in the journals.
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| Embargo Period |
Standard 12-month embargo for federally and non-federally funded articles in Pediatrics and Hospital Pediatrics.
Articles are not immediately available upon publication.
No 12-month embargo for NIH/CDC deposits to PubMed Central or CDC Stacks only.
Articles may be immediately available upon publication if a Gold OA or Zero Embargo Green OA license is requested (see fees below)
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| License Type |
AAP copyright for standard articles under 12-month embargo
Gold OA License Requests: CC BY NC ND (default) or CC BY license
Article is immediately available upon publication
Zero Embargo Green Open Access License Request
No 12-month embargo for PubMed Central deposits only.
Applies only to US federally funded articles.
AAP Copyright form required.
Article is immediately available upon publication.
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| Author Fees (APC) |
No
If Gold OA is not requested at submission
Article publishes under the 12-month embargo
No fee for mandated NIH/CDC deposits to PubMed Central or CDC Stacks
Yes
Gold OA or Zero Embargo Green OA options, if requested
CC BY NC ND (default): $3,100
(AAP member discount cost $2,635)
CC BY: $4,500
(AAP member discount cost $3,825)
Zero Embargo Green OA (AAP Copyright required)
Institutional or subject repository
Author Accepted Manuscript (AAM)
$2,500
Special waivers may be available
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