Recorded APC Lookup
Enter a journal name or ISSN to inspect article-processing-charge and open-access fields recorded in OpenAlex. This lookup cannot establish the current price, validate an invoice or determine whether a journal is legitimate.
Article-processing charge status check
Check a journal's fee status
When you press Check, the journal name or ISSN is sent from your browser to OpenAlex. Gurjas does not receive or store the query.
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How to read this. A fee record is neither an endorsement nor a warning by itself. Confirm the current amount, currency, waiver rules, payee and payment timing on the genuine journal website. OpenAlex fields can be incomplete, converted or out of date.
Method and limitations
Method version 1.1 · reviewed 20 July 2026. This page queries OpenAlex source records and reports selected fields without independently checking the journal website or an invoice. The “in DOAJ” label is an OpenAlex-recorded field; use the direct DOAJ link to verify it.
Not checked: quoted invoice amount, journal domain, payee, bank details, acceptance state, waiver eligibility or the current publisher price. Do not make a payment decision from this lookup alone.
How to read this tool
Purpose: Report article-processing-charge and open-access fields recorded in OpenAlex.
- Maturity
- Production
- Method version
- 1.1
- Reviewed
- Processing
- Direct requests to named third parties
Evidence basis
- OpenAlexlive public API
Privacy
The query goes directly from the browser to OpenAlex; Gurjas does not receive it.
Limitations
OpenAlex fields can be incomplete, converted or out of date. A fee record is neither an endorsement nor a warning.
Decision boundary
The lookup cannot validate an invoice, establish legitimacy or determine whether to pay.