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Free for one year — for researchers and universities

Every PublishLens feature is available at no cost until 7 September 2027.

Create a free account University or library? Request an institutional account

Dean or department head? Try the department report with sample ORCID iDs — no account needed

What the free period includes

Search across 172k journals with the full fact card (identity, DOAJ/PubMed, Retraction Watch hijacked-journal checker listing)
The complete methodology evaluation: status, score, methodology signals and change log
Manuscript-to-journal matching — 30 matches per month
University criteria (KSU, KFUPM, KAU — per their publicly published rules, with no partnership or mandate from them) with per-item checks: what we verified automatically and what you verify yourself
Watchlists, comparison, PCI/PTD indicators and the Norwegian register
For universities: organisation dashboard, member invitations and usage report

After the free period — indicative prices for planning

For budgeting only: these are the plans as currently defined; any change is announced at least 60 days before the period ends. Institutional accounts are quoted in writing.

Plan	Annual	Monthly
Free	$0 no time limit at present	$0 no time limit at present
Researcher	$15 billed annually	$18 per month
Heavy	$39 per month	$39 per month
Institutional	$6K–$25K /year	$6K–$25K /year

And after the year?

Subscription plans will be decided after the period ends and announced at least 60 days in advance. Your watchlists, matches and institutional accounts remain available under the published retention policy. When a subscription arrives it buys access and tools — it never affects any score, status or ranking.