Publication fee
Revista de Saúde Pública (RSP) does not charge a manuscript submission fee. If the submitted manuscript is accepted for publication, the corresponding author will receive a proforma invoice with payment information for the publication fee (i.e., the Article Processing Charge [APC]). It is worth noting that this is a one-time fee, meaning the author will not incur additional costs, except in certain cases*. RSP will handle all subsequent editorial steps, including reference checking and formatting, grammar review, English translation (for manuscripts submitted in Portuguese), PDF formatting, XML conversion, and indexing in bibliographic databases.
In 2026, RSP initiated a plan to progressively reduce the APC, with the goal of eliminating author costs as soon as the journal’s financial sustainability allows. For this reason, the APC has been reduced to R$ 3,800.00. For international payments, the amount is US$ 1,200.
RSP provides authors with the necessary documentation to verify APC payment to their employers, graduate programs, or research funding agencies.
* If an erratum needs to be published due to an author’s error, a fee of R$ 400 (or US$ 100 for international payments) will be charged.