Terms and conditions

 

Article processing charges

All articles published in science journals are open access and freely available online, immediately upon publication. This is made possible by an article-processing charge (APC) that covers the range of publishing services we provide. This includes provision of online tools for editors and authors, article production and hosting, liaison with abstracting and indexing services, and customer services. The APC, payable when your manuscript is editorially accepted and before publication, is charged to either you, or your funder, institution or employer.

 

Scientific Editing

Scientific Editing is a specialized comprehensive service that apart from improving the language and formatting of your document, also helps strengthen, streamline and highlight your ideas and arguments, while removing repetitive data. Our in-depth Scientific Editing goes beyond language editing. It offers greater focus on your research content and ensuring that your paper meets standards of top journal publishing. Tailor-made to provide premium scientific editing solutions, you experience the ease of getting published with a special publishing team for content, language and journal guidance directed by senior experts and a scientific reviewer who doubles as your publishing mentor and guide.

 

Frequently-asked questions (FAQ)

Who is responsible for making or arranging the payment?

As the corresponding author of the manuscript you are responsible for making or arranging the payment (for instance, via your institution) upon editorial acceptance of the manuscript.

At which stage is the amount I will need to pay fixed?

The APC payable for an article is agreed as part of the manuscript submission process. The agreed charge will not change, regardless of any change to the journal’s APC.

When and how do I pay?

Upon editorial acceptance of an article, the corresponding author (you) will be notified that payment is due.

We advise prompt payment as we are unable to publish accepted articles until payment has been received.

Payment can be made by any of the following methods:

  1. Credit card – payment can be made online using a secure payment form as soon as the manuscript has been editorially accepted. We will we send a receipt by email once payment has been processed.
  2. Invoice – payment is due within 30 days of the manuscript receiving editorial acceptance. Receipts are available on request.
  3. No taxes are included in this charge. If you are resident in any European Union country you have to add Value-Added Tax (VAT) at the rate applicable in the respective country.  Institutions that are not based in the UK and are paying your fee on your behalf can have the VAT charge recorded under the EU reverse charge method, this means VAT does not need to be added to the invoice. Such institutions are required to supply us with their VAT registration number. If you are resident in Japan you have to add Japanese Consumption Tax (JCT) at the rate set by the Japanese government.