Open Access and Article Processing Charge (APC)

 

This journal's APC is £650 (excl. VAT) and for funding (funding from internal and external bodies).  We accept 9500-word articles. The journal will charge £ 90 per A4 page if there are more than 9500 words with single spaces, including references. This APC is valid for the current year, 2025, and may be changed at the publisher's discretion. The submitting author is responsible for the APC and must confirm at submission that s/he will pay it if the article is accepted. This responsibility may not be delegated to any third party unless agreed to by the publisher.

Article Submission Charges

There are no charges for submitting articles to this journal.

Revisions Post-Layout

Authors are given the opportunity to review and approve their manuscript post-final editing and before the layout phase. After this approval, any corrections are limited to typesetting errors, and any new textual modifications necessitating layout changes will result in Galley Change Fees (GCF) at a rate of $30.00 per hour (excluding VAT).

Accepted Currencies

We accept the following payment methods: Telephone transfer (TT), Online Bank Transfer, Debit and credit card, and PayPal. APCs are payable within 5 to 10 business days. The article will only be published once full payment has been received. If payment is made by TT, the author will be responsible for any bank transfer charges at the time of the transaction. In all cases, a receipt will be sent by email once payment has been received.

Invoices are emailed shortly after acceptance to the payment contact provided by the authors. Only official invoices issued by ICR Publications (@icrp.org.uk) are valid. We do not authorize any third party to collect the APCs.

APC Discount and Waiver Policy

Review Voucher: We offer a discount of £35 vouchers to reviewers as a token of appreciation with an expiry date of  12 months. For details, click here

We wholeheartedly support the Research4Life Access to Health Research Program. Research4Life Article Publishing Charge waiver & discount options

  • Group A: 100% APC waiver (81 Countries)
  • Group B: 50% APC discount (38 Countries)
  • 50% APC discount: A mix of authors from Group A and B countries

-The following countries from Group B, " Peru, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Tunisia, and Uzbekistan," will receive 30% discounts.

-Individual discount according to the open access publisher's policy. If no formal funding was received. The source country will be determined by the country of origin of the majority of the authors' institutions. If there is no majority country, the corresponding author's primary affiliation country will determine eligibility.

-Authors from all groups may need to pay for the proofreading changes if recommended by the reviewers. It's important to note that the article processing charges (APC)  for your manuscript will include a minor proofreading component. However, any additional proofreading beyond this will be billed separately.

Institutional Funding opportunities

APC fees for open-access journals are an accepted way to defray publication costs, and most institutions have mechanisms and funding sources to cover publication costs in high-quality open-access journals. Contact your institution, department, or funder for information on APC subsidies for open-access publications. As your department benefits directly or indirectly from article publication, we're confident it will be willing to pay the APC fee in the absence of extramural funding. How do I get APC funding?

Refund Policy

Once an article has been accepted for publication, an Article Processing Charge is due. The submitting author assumes responsibility for the Article Processing Charge (APC), and we will not issue refunds of any kind. For others, read the complete policy.

English Editing and Discount Opportunity

English editing services: Get a 10% discount on English editing services from ICRP. If the authors used another professional service, please provide an English editing certificate from the company or an individual native English speaker.

Journal publication Expenses

  • Triaging: Filtering of papers upon submission by internal staff and editorial board members.
  • Organization of peer review: We provide a high degree of assistance to academic editors so that they can only focus on editorial decisions. We employ in-house editors to invite reviewers, collect review reports, communicate with authors and reviewers, correspond with authors about revisions, and more.
  • Production: copy-editing, typesetting, XML, language editing, and PDF conversion. The APC includes minor English editing by native English speakers. The APC does not cover extensive English editing.
  • Proofreading: corresponding with authors to approve the final text and requesting any missing information.
  • Other editorial assistance: handling any questions and requests for support before submission, during the editorial and peer-review process, or post-publication.
  • Journal Management & Development: In-house Managing Editors track key performance indicators of the journal and monitor competing journals and trends in the field. They also provide reports and hold discussions with the Editor-in-Chief and the Editorial Board.
  • Indexing & Archiving: We have a dedicated team that works to continuously expand post-publication coverage of all our journals within the main academic databases, scope-specific databases, and country-specific journal ranking lists.
  • Digital preservation: This Journal is digitally preserved cover-to-cover by Lockss and CLOCKSS, ensuring long-term archival of all of our publications.

Marketing and Communication Expenses

We allocate part of our income to the promotion of journals and articles through sponsorships of conferences, scholarly society events, and other promotional activities, as well as a series of awards to support researchers.