Open Access

What is Open Access?

Gold Open Access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. 

Our journal accepts the Gold Open Access model, where publication costs are supported by an Article Processing Charge (APC).  This APC charge is typically covered by the author's institution, funding body or the author him or herself. 

Articles Processing Charges

To provide open access, this journal has an open access fee (also known as an Article Processing Charge, APC) which needs to be paid by the authors or on their behalf e.g. by their research funder or institution.  The open access publication fee for this journal is USD2320 from Dec 2024, plus taxes.  

Articles Processing Charges (APC) only become due after an article has been both reviewed and accepted for publication.  Therefore, submission of an article is not a guarantee that it will be published.  The final decision on the manuscript is made by the Editor-in-Chief on the basis of at least two independent peer-review reports.

Other service fees for activities such as Quick Track Services, Animated Abstracts, Color Figure, Figure Improvement or Language Editing are optional and are only charged as and when these services are availed.