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If your selected journal is a <strong>fully Open Access journal</strong> or if you <strong>chose to publish Open Access in a</strong> <strong>hybrid journal</strong>, it will be determined if your institution has an agreement with Springer Nature. To check this at any time of the publishing process (including pre-submission), please visit our <a href="https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-research/funding/articles"><strong>Funding for Open Access</strong></a> pages.</p><p dir="ltr"><br></p><p dir="ltr">If your institution has an agreement with Springer Nature, the APC will either be partly or fully covered by them. If not, you will then be redirected to the payment page where you will <strong>either pay online by credit card payment </strong><strong>or request an invoice for offline payment</strong>. </p><p dir="ltr"><br></p><p dir="ltr">Online credit card payments are acknowledged immediately via an online receipt, followed by an email including a paid invoice PDF for reimbursement purposes around 3 - 5 days upon payment capturing.</p><p dir="ltr"><br></p><p dir="ltr">If you wish to pay offline, you must first request an invoice. The invoice will include instructions for offline payment (credit card or bank transfer). Please note that while we can quote a purchase order number on your invoice, we do not accept purchase orders as a payment method and that offline invoice payments may incur an additional administrative charge. Once the invoice has been requested it cannot be reversed.</p><p dir="ltr"><br></p><p dir="ltr">Invoice PDFs should arrive within 3 - 5 days of your online request. 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