No APC for Unfunded Authors
IEF does not charge any APC to authors who do not have access to research funding or institutional financial support.

APC for Funded Research or Institutional Support
If the article is supported by a grant, institutional funding, or is part of a funded research project, an APC of £650 (GBP) will be applied upon acceptance of the manuscript. Authors must disclose funding sources during submission.

Article Submission Charges

Article Submission Charges (ASC) do not apply.

Text Changes After Layout

In the final copy-editing phase, authors can revise and approve the accepted manuscript. After the author's approval, the layout will begin. Before publication, the author must proofread the final galleys. Proofreading corrects typesetting errors and does not introduce new text changes, which require a new page layout. If changes are made during final proofreading and production, then the journal will charge the author Galley Change Fees (GCF). The GCF per hour is £30.00 (excl. VAT).

Accepted Currencies

Payments are accepted in British pounds (£). Upon acceptance, authors will receive an invoice with the option to change currency.

Accepted Methods of Payment

We accept Telephone Transfer (TT), Online Bank Transfer, Debit/Credit Card, and PayPal. APCs must be paid within 5 to 10 business days. Articles are published after full payment receipt. TT transfer charges are borne by authors. Receipts are issued upon payment confirmation.

Note: Only official invoices issued by ICR Publications (@icrp.org.uk) are valid. No third-party collections authorized.

APC Discount and Waiver Policy for Funded Research

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 the journal's key performance indicators 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 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.