Article Processing Charge

This journal charges the following author fees.

APC for the Authors with affiliation  in High-Income Countries is 400 US$
APC for the Authors with affiliation  in Upper Middle-Income Countries is 300 US$
APC for the Authors with affiliation in Lower Middle-Income Countries is 200 US$
APC for the Authors with affiliation in Low-Income Countries is 100 US$
 
This charge includes all costs of the peer-review process, systems, typesetting, web publication, and long-term archiving. If this manuscript is accepted for publication, you will be asked to pay an Article Publication Charge to cover publication costs.

There is no Article Submission Charge for the Journal.

Note 1: Please note that APCs will not be refunded due to the retraction of an article.

Note 2: In rare cases where articles are removed completely after acceptance for publication, we will not refund or credit an APC.

Note 3: If the article requires extensive English language editing, we will charge additional language editing fee, varying and based on with the length of the article.

Note 3: Full waivers, entailing a 100% discount of the APC, meeting one of the following criteria:

  • All authors are students without funding from any entity or institution to support their research.
  • All authors are in the early stages of their careers and have not received funding from any entity or institution to support their research.
  • Unemployed researchers and academics from marginalised groups or communities have not received funding from any entity or institution to support their research.