Article processing charges (APCs) support peer review coordination, editorial management, production, DOI registration, and long term digital archiving. APCs are applied after acceptance and do not influence editorial decisions.

JES is committed to transparency and affordability for authors in evolutionary science communities.

• Editorial assessment and peer review management
• Copyediting, layout, and publication production
• DOI registration and metadata validation
• Long term archiving and platform maintenance
• Open access hosting and global dissemination

Authors from World Bank classified low income and lower middle income countries may be eligible for partial APC waivers. Requests are evaluated on a case by case basis and must be submitted before acceptance.

Membership options offer discounted APCs for eligible authors and institutions. Contact the editorial office for guidance.

Many evolutionary science teams publish under grant or institutional mandates. Share funder requirements early so the editorial office can align invoicing and reporting needs.

• Provide grant identifiers and funding statements
• Confirm open access mandates or repository requirements
• Share billing contacts for institutional or funder payments
• Document any reporting deadlines tied to publication

To avoid delays, payments should be completed within 48 hours of invoice receipt. Publication proceeds after payment confirmation.

• If your institution requires invoice language or grant identifiers, provide them before acceptance to avoid delays.
• APC receipts include journal name, manuscript title, and DOI reference for institutional reporting.
• Payment can be made by institutions, funders, or authors. Coordinate billing details early to streamline processing.
• Requests for partial waivers should be submitted before acceptance with supporting documentation.
• APCs support long term digital preservation and open access distribution of evolutionary research.
• If a funding agency requires open access confirmation, the editorial office can provide verification after publication.
• Provide billing contacts and purchase order details early to avoid administrative delays during production.
• Payment confirmations are required before copyediting and proof preparation begin.
• For multicenter studies, designate a single billing contact responsible for APC coordination.
• Institutions covering APCs should confirm currency conversion requirements and tax exemptions if applicable.
• Waiver requests should include a brief justification and confirmation of eligibility criteria.
• If funding is pending, notify the editorial office so invoice timelines can be coordinated.
• Provide contact details for accounts payable teams handling invoice processing.
• Confirm whether institutional discounts or memberships apply to the submission.
• Request pro forma invoices when needed for grant approvals.
• Payment receipts can be issued for reimbursement documentation on request.
• Split billing is available for multi institution collaborations on request.
• Delayed billing can be arranged for funded projects with approval.
• Invoices can be issued in USD with institutional purchase order references.
• Production scheduling is confirmed once payment or waiver approval is complete.
• Report study system, taxa selection, and sampling rationale.
• Provide voucher specimen IDs and repository details when applicable.
• Include GenBank, ENA, or DDBJ accession numbers for sequences.
• Provide alignment files and phylogenetic tree files for reuse.
• State evolutionary models used and model selection criteria.
• Report priors, calibration points, and clock models for divergence dating.
• Describe population sampling and geographic coverage.
• Report effective population size estimates and uncertainty intervals.
• Include details on recombination checks and filtering criteria.
• Describe genome assembly or annotation versions used.
• Provide software versions and parameter settings.
• State criteria for ortholog selection and gene filtering.
• Report phylogenetic support values and thresholds.
• Describe trait data sources and coding decisions.
• Provide morphological character matrices where relevant.
• Include fossil occurrence sources and stratigraphic context.
• Report biogeographic models and range coding approaches.
• Describe comparative methods and phylogenetic correction steps.
• Include replication counts, bootstrap support, or posterior summaries.
• Report data partitioning strategies and justification.
• Provide coalescent model assumptions and settings.
• Describe selection tests and multiple testing corrections.
• Report convergence diagnostics for Bayesian analyses.
• Provide code repositories and workflow documentation.
• Include sensitivity analyses for model assumptions.
• Report handling of missing data, gaps, and ambiguous bases.
• Describe demographic modeling and model fit criteria.
• Provide metrics for gene flow and introgression.
• Include contamination checks and quality control steps.
• Report sequence coverage and read depth thresholds.
• State criteria for species delimitation analyses.
• Describe phenotype measurements and error estimates.
• Provide climate or environmental covariates used.
• Report time calibration uncertainties and alternative scenarios.
• Include data availability statements for matrices and trees.
• Describe ethical permits for field sampling.
• Report museum collection numbers and specimen provenance.
• Include statistical power or sampling adequacy rationale.
• Describe cross validation or model comparison metrics.
• Provide reproducibility resources: scripts, containers, or pipelines.
• Report integration of genomic and phenotypic datasets.
• Clarify use of reference genomes and outgroups.
• Describe lineage diversification metrics and methods.
• Provide convergence across independent analyses.
• Report limitations and interpretive boundaries.
• Report sampling effort and rarefaction analyses when applicable.
• Provide replicate analyses across alternative alignments.
• Include tests for model adequacy and fit.
• Describe handling of paralogs and gene duplications.
• Report date of data acquisition and database versions.
• Provide details on rate heterogeneity models.
• Describe alignment trimming criteria and thresholds.
• Provide details on phenotype measurement protocols.
• Report functional validation assays if included.
• Describe trait evolution models tested.
• Provide details on ancestral state reconstruction methods.
• Report missing data patterns and sensitivity analyses.

JES is committed to rigorous, transparent publishing in evolutionary science. We emphasize reproducible phylogenetic and population genetic analyses, clear reporting of model assumptions, and ethical compliance in field and laboratory research.

The editorial office supports authors, editors, and reviewers with clear guidance and responsive communication. For questions about scope or workflow, contact [email protected].

We encourage open data, code sharing, and careful documentation of specimens and sequences to support replication and long-term reuse across the evolutionary biology community.