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Annual AMS plans for venues, per-paper publication processing for independent venues that publish, and a single processing charge for authors on our own venues - every price stated before anyone pays.
How venues work with us
Who runs the editorial process decides who pays what. Both models are set out in full below, and every charge in either one appears on this page.
Your chairs and editors run submissions, peer review, and decisions. Technology Fist provides the platform and, if you publish here, the production infrastructure.
Venues owned by Technology Fist, and independent venues accepted into the umbrella after meeting our recorded workflow and quality requirements, run under our direct editorial oversight and our publishing programme.
AMS subscriptions - for venues
Conference and journal organisers subscribe to AMS as an annual software plan, sized by a submission capacity band — every plan includes up to 200 submissions at its base price, and larger bands add a small fixed step. A fourth plan, Custom, is for negotiated agreements and is described further down this page. Everything is delivered online: your venue is provisioned on ams.techfist.org and runs there for the full term.
The core platform for one conference or journal: submission portal, peer-review workflow, decisions, camera-ready handling, and organiser dashboards. It does not include the program builder, the hosted website, payment tracking & receipts, similarity checks, or publishing.
Everything in AMS Core, plus the program builder, a hosted public website themed to your venue, payment tracking & receipts, and iThenticate/Turnitin similarity checks. Publishing is not included.
Everything in AMS Core Plus — program builder, hosted website, payment tracking and similarity checks — plus the Publishing Module: DOI-ready publication, a permanent digital-library page for your venue, articles served as full-text HTML, PDF and JATS XML, citation exports and machine-readable metadata.
By application. Publishing is switched on after specialist review, an agreement and Super Chair approval — never by payment alone.
| Compare the plans | AMS Core | AMS Core Plus | AMS Core Plus & Publishing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Submissions included (band selected above) · unlimited reviewers | Up to 200 | Up to 200 | Up to 200 |
| Submissions, peer review & decisions | |||
| Camera-ready handling & email notifications | |||
| IEEE eCopyright (eCF) integration | |||
| ORCID sign-in for authors & reviewers | |||
| Program builder & schedule | – | ||
| Hosted venue website, CFP pages, custom theme & clean URLs | – | ||
| Payment tracking & receipts (venue fee management) | – | ||
| Similarity checks — iThenticate/Turnitin (venue's own account) | – | ||
| Optional modules (switched on per venue on request) | – | ||
| Publishing: DOIs, author proofing, volumes & digital library | – | – | |
| Articles as full-text HTML, PDF & JATS XML; supplementary files | – | – | |
| TF umbrella eligibility (after checklist) | – | – | |
| Annual price (introductory, to 31 Dec 2026) | $224 / yr | $337 / yr | $599 / yr |
| Standard price from 1 January 2027 | $299 / yr | $449 / yr | $799 / yr |
How you pay. Annual AMS licences and the per-paper publication processing fee are sold through our payment partner and charged in USD. Everything performed by hand — journal launch, migration, and layout and production — is quoted in advance and invoiced directly by us, not sold through the card checkout.
Prices in USD, exclusive of any applicable taxes. A licence covers one venue, runs for 12 months from activation, and does not renew without your confirmation. Journal renewals are priced by the plan being renewed, and a journal can switch between AMS Core and AMS Core Plus at renewal for the new period. Running several venues, or need terms your institution can sign? That is the Custom plan - ask us for a quote.
The fourth plan
Custom is for negotiated agreements: several venues on one contract, an integration with a system you already run, or terms your institution needs in writing. Features are switched on individually to match what was agreed, and the price follows the scope. Tell us what you need and we will quote it.
How publishing works
Preprints follow their own path: posting is free, and includes moderated public posting plus signed community review, controlled by the author.
For independent venues that publish
When an independent venue publishes through the platform on AMS Core Plus & Publishing, production is billed to the venue - simple and per-paper, so a small proceedings costs little and nothing is charged to your authors by us.
Venue publishing setup: your digital-library page, DOI prefix wiring, the issue and volume structure, OAI-PMH and feeds.
Publication processing: DOI registration, permanent hosting, full-text HTML and JATS XML generation, citation and metadata services, and the author proofing round.
Rejected or withdrawn papers cost nothing - you are billed only for what actually publishes.
Need migration or hands-on production support? Ask for a quote. Venues that prefer the full-service model can apply to join the Technology Fist umbrella instead.
For authors posting a preprint
Posting a preprint sits outside both models above: no subscription and no posting fee. It is free, on every collection. Screening decides whether a preprint is posted; money never enters that decision, because there is no money in it.
The same infrastructure that carries a published journal article:
Signed reviews written by platform members, open for anyone at all to read:
Nothing further is charged - not for extra versions, not for reviews, and never for reading. See the preprint policies and post a preprint →
Delivery
Everything is digital - nothing ships, and nothing waits for business hours.
Choose the plan that fits your venue and complete the checkout. Every price and term is stated before you pay.
Your venue workspace is created on ams.techfist.org and your organiser account receives its credentials by email - usually within minutes of payment confirmation, and within 24 hours at the latest. Bank-transfer orders are provisioned once we confirm the transfer.
Your licence covers the full submission-to-publication cycle for the licensed venue, hosted by us, with email support throughout the term.
On Technology Fist venues the author fee is charged only once processing is complete - after acceptance, when the paper has been taken through AMS to a publication-ready state; every step is visible on the paper page before any payment is due. On payment, the receipt is issued at once and the finished paper goes forward: to the external publisher’s proceedings, or to publication through Technology Fist Publishing. Full detail in our Delivery Policy.
For authors
Authors pay one charge, once, and only after acceptance and completed processing. It is a platform-usage fee: it covers your paper’s processing on AMS and its publication, not the editorial decision.
The fee is charged only once processing is complete - when your accepted paper has been taken through AMS to a publication-ready state. You can follow every step on your paper page before any payment is due. Processing means:
| AMS Digital Publication Processing — Standard Accepted Manuscript | 600 USD |
| AMS Digital Publication Processing — IEEE Member / Student Accepted Manuscript | 450 USD |
| AMS Digital Publication Processing — Digital Track Accepted Manuscript | 400 USD |
| AMS Digital Publication Processing — Additional Accepted Manuscript | 300 USD |
Read the platform overview, or write to us. Tell us the venue and the volume and we will send a price.