A fee of a set amount per page which an academic journal charges (to an author, or to the author's university or other sponsoring body) in return for publishing a paper.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Science.
Definition of page charge in US English:
page charge
noun
A fee of a set amount per page which an academic journal charges (to an author, or to the author's university or other sponsoring body) in return for publishing a paper.