Article Processing Charges
Article processing fees are charged to the authors to make the articles open access. Gold open access articles are free to download, share and distribute provided the article source is cited properly. This APC cover the maintenance of the website, journal online repositories, administrative support, graphics and formatting, marketing and customer services. Article processing charges may vary from journal to journal. Authors need to discuss regarding the APC charges before submitting the articles. Once the article is accepted for the publication, author need to clear the full APC. Authors can rely on the institutions and funders for the financial support. Discounts or waiver can be provided to the authors who do not have any funds and belong to the low income countries (publishers hold the rights to accept or reject).
Article Withdrawal Policy
Author should not submit the article to the multiple journals. Although author is free to withdraw the article with is 3 days of initial submission. Author cannot withdraw the article if is under editorial assessment or peer review so before submission authors are requested to go through the journal website and then select the journal for the submission.