Article Processing Charges

Transparent APC guidance for depression and therapy submissions.

Journal of Depression and Therapy uses an open access model to ensure depression research is accessible worldwide. Article processing charges support peer review management, production, DOI registration, and long term archiving.

APCs are applied after acceptance and do not influence editorial decisions.

The standard APC for accepted manuscripts is $1200 USD. This fee applies across article types and supports the full publication workflow.

• Editorial assessment and peer review coordination
• Copyediting, layout, and proofing
• DOI registration and metadata distribution
• Open access hosting and long term preservation
• Quality checks for reporting standards and ethics compliance

Partial APC waivers are available for eligible authors from low income or lower middle income countries. Membership plans also reduce APCs for active researchers and institutions.

• Membership discounts for individuals and institutions
• Partial waivers for eligible regions
• Early career support for trainees and fellows
• Case by case hardship reviews when justified

• Identify funding sources or institutional support early
• Confirm billing contacts and invoicing requirements
• Share grant numbers or compliance needs
• Contact [email protected] for waiver guidance before acceptance

Use this checklist to prepare rigorous depression and therapy manuscripts with transparent reporting and clinical relevance.

• Report diagnostic criteria and screening tools used
• State primary and secondary outcomes clearly
• Describe recruitment setting and inclusion criteria
• Report sample size rationale or power calculations
• Specify depression severity at baseline
• Include comorbidity and medication details
• Describe intervention components and duration
• Report adherence and engagement metrics
• Explain randomization or allocation procedures
• Provide blinding or masking details where applicable
• Describe therapist training or supervision
• Report adverse events and safety monitoring
• Include follow up timelines and assessment intervals
• Explain handling of missing data and attrition
• Report effect sizes and confidence intervals
• Clarify clinical significance thresholds
• Describe subgroup or stratified analyses
• Explain statistical models and assumptions
• Provide data availability statements
• Document ethics approvals and consent
• Report intervention fidelity checks
• Describe measurement instruments and validation
• Provide context for cultural or community factors
• Report clinician or rater training if relevant
• Include limitations and generalizability statements
• Describe concurrent treatments or co-interventions
• Clarify setting for treatment delivery
• Describe treatment adherence support used
• State any protocol deviations
• Provide information on participant compensation
• Describe data preprocessing or scoring methods
• Report any clinical trial registration numbers
• Include a clear interpretation of outcomes
• Link results to practical therapy implications
• Provide a reproducibility statement for methods
• Discuss implications for policy or service delivery
• Explain limitations for digital or remote interventions
• Include ethical considerations for vulnerable groups
• Clarify relapse or remission definitions
• Report any long term outcomes or maintenance data

Share funding details early to streamline invoicing and production.

• Confirm billing contact and institutional address
• Provide grant numbers or funding statements
• Identify institutional APC support programs
• Clarify purchase order requirements
• Note any tax or VAT documentation needs
• Submit waiver requests before acceptance
• Indicate preferred invoice recipient
• Confirm currency requirements if applicable
• Provide payment timeline expectations
• Notify the office of split funding sources
• Include administrative contact for invoicing
• Share funder mandates that affect licensing
• Confirm membership discounts if applicable
• Provide documentation for hardship requests
• Clarify any reporting deadlines tied to funding

Outcome clarity improves clinical interpretation and comparability across studies.

• Report remission and response criteria used
• Include baseline and follow up scores
• Describe functional outcomes and daily living impact
• Report quality of life measures when available
• Explain clinical significance thresholds
• Include relapse or recurrence tracking
• Provide subgroup outcomes where appropriate
• Describe adverse event monitoring
• Report patient satisfaction or acceptability
• Include caregiver or family outcomes if assessed
• Clarify timing of outcome assessments
• State whether outcomes were clinician or self reported

Clear methods reporting strengthens reproducibility and reviewer confidence.

• Describe recruitment sources and setting
• Report inclusion and exclusion criteria clearly
• Clarify diagnostic tools and criteria used
• Provide details on randomization or allocation
• Describe blinding or masking procedures
• Report protocol deviations and their impact
• Include intervention fidelity measures
• Explain handling of missing data
• Describe statistical software and versions
• Report adjustments for confounders
• Provide sensitivity analyses where relevant
• Clarify sample attrition and reasons

Implementation details help clinicians translate evidence into care.

• Describe care setting and resource requirements
• Report training or supervision needs
• Discuss barriers to implementation
• Provide scalability considerations
• Include cost or resource implications
• Describe patient engagement strategies
• Report cultural adaptations
• Explain coordination with primary care
• Discuss telehealth feasibility
• Provide recommendations for practice
• Include equity and access considerations
• Describe monitoring for treatment adherence

Complete, well structured submissions move through review more efficiently and reduce follow up questions.

Providing complete funding documentation helps avoid production delays and supports compliance with grant requirements.

• Confirm grant numbers and funder names
• Provide billing contacts and department details
• Share institutional billing preferences early
• Indicate any cost sharing arrangements
• Confirm invoicing timelines with administrators
• Document funder open access mandates
• Provide contact details for payment follow up
• Note any reimbursement or reporting requirements
• Clarify if multiple grants support the work
• Confirm membership discount eligibility
• Provide documentation for waiver requests
• State any internal approvals required

These small checks help keep manuscripts and communications consistent.

• Keep terminology consistent across sections
• Confirm that tables match reported results
• Use clear headings that guide reviewers
• Provide concise summaries of key findings
• Check that ethics statements are visible
• Align figures with outcome descriptions
• Include clinical implications in discussion
• Verify that all links are current

Quality checks reduce revision cycles and accelerate review.

• Use plain language for complex findings
• Avoid unnecessary jargon or acronyms
• Ensure methods are described in sequence
• Clarify participant flow and attrition
• Report baseline characteristics clearly
• State limitations and generalizability
• Include acknowledgments where needed
• Double check citation formatting

Clear scope alignment improves editorial screening outcomes.

• Confirm scope alignment before submission
• Summarize key takeaways for clinicians
• Highlight novelty in the cover letter
• Provide complete author contact details
• Indicate any supplemental material
• Note any clinical trial registrations
• Share funding statements explicitly
• Check spelling of assessment instruments

These final reminders help keep submissions consistent and reduce delays during editorial checks and production workflows.

• Confirm contact details and institutional affiliations
• Verify that all required statements are present
• Check formatting against journal instructions