COPE membership subscription fees 2024
- Journal membership
- Publisher membership
- Membership for continuous publications
- University and research institute membership
- Individual and corporate membership
- Reduced membership subscription fees
Member benefits
Further details on the benefits of COPE membership and criteria for membership.
Individual journal membership
| Number of issues | Fees per year |
| Less than 12 issues per year | £195 |
| 12 or more issues per year | £428 |
Publisher membership - 5 or more journals
| Number of journals | Fees per year |
| 5 to 10 | £666 |
| 11 to 25 | £1515 |
| 26 to 50 | £2728 |
| 51 to 100 | £4848 |
| 101 to 250 | £9693 |
| 251 to 500 | £15753 |
| 501 to 750 | £22720 |
| 751 to 1000 | £27870 |
| 1001 to 1250 | £33323 |
| 1251 to 1500 | £38171 |
| 1501 to 1750 | £42411 |
| 1751 to 2000 | £47256 |
| 2001 to 2250 | £51801 |
| 2251 to 2500 | £56043 |
| 2501 to 2750 | £59982 |
| 2751 to 3000 | £63616 |
| 3001 to 3250 | £66948 |
| 3251 to 3500 | £69977 |
| 3501 to 3750 | £72704 |
| 3751 to 4000 | £75127 |
Continuous publications
Publishing companies that wish to join COPE but do not have a discrete journal product published in intervals will be charged according to the number of articles that they publish a year. If a company wishes to register fewer than five journals then cumulative journal by frequency of publication rates apply.
| Number of articles | Fees per year |
| 1 to 100 | £195 |
| 101 to 300 | £286 |
| 301 to 600 | £542 |
| more than 601 | £1333 |
University and research institute membership
- £1,750 per year.
Individual and corporate membership
- Individuals may apply for membership at £64 per year.
- Companies may apply for corporate membership at £257 per year.
Reduced membership subscription fees
Not-for-profit organisations, registered charities, journals from developing countries and cases of financial hardship may apply to COPE Council for reduced membership subscription fees.
Notes
Prices in UK Sterling, no VAT is charged for membership.
All payments must be made by electronic transfer. Cheques are not valid.