Is Academic Exchange Quarterly (AEQ) an open-access publication? Academic Exchange Quarterly, ISSN 1096-1453, independent double-blind-peer-reviewed print journal since 1997, is a subscription-based publication. All accepted submissions are published in AEQ print edition without any publishing fees. Afterwards some may be published as open-access. AEQ open-access is limited to less than 30% of published articles and encompasses three topics: Editors' Choice   It is void of any publication fees because selection is made by editors. Zeitgeist Essay   It is void of any publication fees when selection is made by editors. Otherwise, author pays publication fees. How-to-essay   It is void of any publication fees when selection is made by editors. Otherwise, author pays publication fees. Nowadays, academic publishing is not a clear black and white undertaking. There are a lot of gray areas. Often, as in AEQ case, a journal employs mixed publishing model – allowing articles to be published in print and/or open-access.   Academic Exchange Quarterly also produces thematic issues that are co-published as                                                             Sound Instruction Books Academic Exchange Quarterly scholarly reputation derives from the composite success of its published authors and not from anyone individual …