Yes this is important to note: while the RAS is a charitable organisation, the publication process is facilitated by publishing companies (primarily OUP). Thoug

Yes this is important to note: while the RAS is a charitable organisation, the publication process is facilitated by publishing companies (primarily OUP). Though exactly how the fees are distributed and what the arrangement is with OUP with regards to publication fees is, I'm not sure. OUP provides the administrative side, platforms for submission/review, hosting and other editorial services. It doesn't make much sense for RAS to reimplement all of this from scratch.