Publication Fees

CJS is an open access journal and charges submission and article processing fees. All manuscripts will be charged a nonrefundable submission fee of $100 (Canadian funds), payable at the time of submission. This fee will be waived for authors affiliated with CJS sponsors and academic partners.

Accepted articles are subject to article processing fees of $950 (Research, Review and Continuing Medical Education articles) or $750 (Commentaries and Discussions in surgery), payable in Canadian funds at the time of acceptance.

Partial Or Complete Fee Waivers

CJS will waive all or part of its publication fees for the following authors:

Authors from lower income countries — CJS uses Research4Life‘s criteria to determine eligibility for publication fee waivers. Authors from Group A are eligible for a 100% fee waiver while authors from Group B are eligible for a 50% fee waiver.

Student authors — Author groups composed of: a) a majority of students who do not hold a doctoral degree (PhD or MD), and which b) contain a maximum of 2 PhD or MD holders, are eligible for a 25% discount on their publication fee.

If you fall into one of the above categories and would like to apply for a fee waiver, please email the editorial office before you submit your manuscript. Please include a complete author list including affiliations and completed degrees. Please do not request a fee waiver if you do not meet the above criteria as it will not be approved.