# Changing fees to increase equity and reduce complexity - Crossref

**URL:** <https://community.crossref.org/t/changing-fees-to-increase-equity-and-reduce-complexity-crossref/14199>\
**Category:** Resourcing Crossref for Future Sustainability\
**Tags:** blog, fees, equity, membership, rcfs\
**Created:** [28 July 2025 18:30 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/changing-fees-to-increase-equity-and-reduce-complexity-crossref/14199 "2025-07-28T18:30:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Crossref](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.crossref.org/crossref/32/31_2.png) [@Crossref](https://community.crossref.org/u/Crossref)\
**Post date:** [28 July 2025 18:30 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/changing-fees-to-increase-equity-and-reduce-complexity-crossref/14199/1 "2025-07-28T18:30:28Z")

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The Crossref Board approved three recommendations for changes to our fees: introduction of a new lowest membership fee tier, removal of volume discounts for record registration, and normalisation of registration fees for peer reviews. The changes will be applied from January 2026.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://www.crossref.org/blog/changing-fees-to-increase-equity-and-reduce-complexity](https://www.crossref.org/blog/changing-fees-to-increase-equity-and-reduce-complexity)

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**Author:** ![rclark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.crossref.org/rclark/32/19_2.png) [@rclark](https://community.crossref.org/u/rclark)\
**Post date:** [28 July 2025 18:34 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/changing-fees-to-increase-equity-and-reduce-complexity-crossref/14199/2 "2025-07-28T18:34:26Z")

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**Author:** ![ifarley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.crossref.org/ifarley/32/44_2.png) [@ifarley](https://community.crossref.org/u/ifarley)\
**Post date:** [29 July 2025 21:43 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/changing-fees-to-increase-equity-and-reduce-complexity-crossref/14199/3 "2025-07-29T21:43:03Z")

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**Author:** ![ifarley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.crossref.org/ifarley/32/44_2.png) [@ifarley](https://community.crossref.org/u/ifarley)\
**Post date:** [4 August 2025 15:19 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/changing-fees-to-increase-equity-and-reduce-complexity-crossref/14199/4 "2025-08-04T15:19:37Z")

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