Article Processing Charges & Waivers
The AJMS Article Processing Charges page explains the journal’s publication fee, payment timing, discount and waiver arrangements, refund conditions, and editorial independence. AJMS follows a Gold Open Access model, and fee or waiver status does not influence editorial assessment, peer review, or manuscript acceptance.
1. Current Article Processing Charge
- Authors based in India: INR 3,000.
- Authors based outside India: USD 50.
- Manuscript submission fee: Nil.
2. When the APC Is Charged
The APC becomes payable only after a manuscript has been accepted following editorial assessment and peer review. Authors are not required to pay an APC for rejected manuscripts. Payment does not guarantee acceptance, expedited review, favourable editorial treatment, or publication.
3. Waivers and Discounts
AJMS provides a 50% APC discount for corresponding authors from Research4Life Group A countries, subject to the current Research4Life eligibility criteria at the time of submission. Eligibility is based on the corresponding author’s country information. Any other exceptional discount or waiver offered by CRI must be confirmed in writing before payment and is handled independently of editorial decision-making.
4. Requesting a Waiver or Discount
Authors seeking an applicable waiver or discount should make the request before APC payment and provide any information reasonably required by the publishing office. Fee-support requests are administered separately from editorial assessment and peer review.
5. Refund of Article Processing Charges
An APC refund may be considered when an error attributable to the publisher prevents publication of an accepted manuscript or when multiple APC payments are mistakenly made for the same manuscript. Refunds are normally not issued when an author withdraws after APC payment and publication processing has commenced, or when a published article is retracted because of plagiarism, copyright infringement, data fabrication, research misconduct, or another author-related breach of publication ethics.
6. Editorial Independence
Editorial decisions are based on scholarly merit and remain independent of APC payment, waiver or discount eligibility, sponsorship, advertising, and other revenue considerations. AJMS explains its wider business model in the Revenue Sources Statement.
7. Open Access and Licence
Published articles are made immediately and permanently available online under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). Related copyright, reuse, and repository terms are described in the Copyright & Licensing Policy and Open Access Policy.
