Publication Charges

IP Indian Journal of Library Science and Information Technology (IJLSIT), all manuscripts are published as a fully open-access (OA) journal. Open Access journals provide free access to readers and cover the costs of peer review, copy editing, typesetting, long-term archiving, downloading of articles, sharing of articles, indexing with various databases, and journal management, which require paying Article Publication Charges (APC). Article publication charges are applicable to accepted papers only, after the peer-review confirmation process. We accept payment in Indian Rupees for Indian authors and USD for foreign authors. An additional (18 % GST – Goods and Services Tax) will be applicable as per the norms of the Govt of India.

Article Submission/Processing Charges – Nil

Article Publication Charges (APC) are mentioned as below:

APC by Country

APC

For Indian Authors

Rs. 2000/-

For International / Foreign Authors

(Outside of India)

US $ 75

Note: The article peer-review process normally takes an average of 8–12 weeks.

Waiver Policy

The journal has a waiver policy to help & support researchers who are unable to meet some of the costs associated with publishing open-access (OA) articles. The Journal grants up to a 20% waiver to low-income economies listed in the countries on Article Publication Charges, but there is a waiver qualifying criterion that can be checked here. Requests to apply up to a 20% reduction in APC should be made when submitting your manuscript by contacting info@ipinnovative.com requests made during the review process or after acceptance will not be considered.

Additional Charges

Some additional charges are charged in some exceptional cases, which are mentioned below:

For the color print of the article, Rs. 500/- (from Indian authors) and an additional 25 USD (from foreign authors) will be charged.
For more than 5 authors, Rs. 500/- per author (for Indian authors) and 25 USD (for foreign authors) will be charged.
For additional hardcopy, Rs. 1000/- (from Indian authors) and 70 USD (from foreign authors) will be charged, which includes postal expenses as well.

Also, this additional charge-related information is mentioned on our Submission Portal - MPRP - which can be checked by authors at the time of article submission.

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