JCGB Membership

Flexible publishing support for individuals, institutions, and collaborative networks in cancer genetics and biomarker research.

• Budget Predictability: Lock in APC rates and allocate credits across teams without administrative friction.
• Faster Workflows: Members receive expedited handling at submission, triage, and production stages.
• Strategic Insights: Quarterly analytics reports track citations, downloads, and geographic reach for internal reporting and funding applications.
• Community Engagement: Access curated webinars, reviewer training, and networking opportunities exclusive to JCGB members.

• Each credit covers one APC for an accepted article.
• Credits are valid for 24 months and can be rolled over upon renewal.
• Credits can be pooled across authors within the membership entity.
• Unredeemed credits can be converted into discounted APCs for the following year.

• Email [email protected] with your organisation name, anticipated publication volume, and preferred tier.
• JCGB provides a membership agreement outlining benefits, pricing, and invoicing preferences.
• Upon signature and payment, credits become active within two business days.
• Receive onboarding materials, account manager contact, and access to the membership analytics portal.

Members receive detailed analytics to demonstrate ROI and inform strategic planning:

• Article-level usage (downloads, citations, social media mentions)
• Geographic distribution of readership and media coverage
• Open data and code reuse statistics, where available
• Benchmarking against oncology journals in similar subject areas

Once you approve a membership proposal, JCGB follows a structured onboarding process:

• Week 1: Contract executed, credits activated, and primary contacts assigned for editorial and finance coordination.
• Week 2: Custom onboarding webinar scheduled to walk researchers through submission best practices, waiver usage, and credit redemption.
• Week 4: First analytics baseline delivered, highlighting historical JCGB contributions by your organisation and identifying growth opportunities.
• Quarterly: Review meetings to evaluate credit utilisation, special issue participation, and emerging needs (e.g., data management or regulatory guidance).
• Year-End: Comprehensive impact report summarising publications, engagement metrics, geographic reach, and anticipated credit requirements for the following cycle.

JCGB makes renewal simple. Sixty days before your membership concludes, your account manager will share a utilisation report and renewal proposal. You can:

• Renew at the same tier with refreshed credits and updated services.
• Upgrade to accommodate increased publishing volume or expanded teams.
• Add satellite institutions or partner hospitals under a single umbrella agreement.
• Integrate membership credits with departmental incentives, such as early-career publication awards or trainee travel grants.

We encourage feedback during renewal to shape new benefits—recent additions like data stewardship consultations and reviewer certifications were born from member recommendations.

Still evaluating? JCGB offers 30-minute exploratory consultations where we review your recent publication history, upcoming grant deliverables, and institutional open-access goals. We can provide comparative analyses showing how JCGB memberships complement transformative agreements or publisher-neutral OA funds already in place at your organisation.

Last updated: September 2025. Membership benefits and pricing may be adjusted annually to reflect service expansions and community feedback.