Publication Charges

IP Indian Journal of Library Science and Information Technology (IJLSIT) all manuscripts 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, download of articles, sharing of articles, Indexing with various databases, and journal management, which require to pay Article Publication Charges (APC). An article publication charges applicable to accepted papers only, after the peer-review confirmation process. We accept payment in (Indian Rupees) for Indian authors and USD applicable for foreign authors. Additional (18 % GST – Goods and Services Taxes) will be applicable as per the norms of Govt. of India.

Article Submission/Processing Charges – Nil

Article Publication Charges (APC) are mentioned as below:

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 20% waiver to low-income economies listed countries on Article Publication Charges but there is a waiver qualifying criteria that can be checked here. Requests to apply up to 20% reduction in APC should be made when submitting your manuscript by contacting on info@ipinnovative.com, requests made during the review process or after acceptance will not be considered.

Additional Charges

There are some additional charges that we charge in some exceptional cases which are mentioned below:

For the colour print of the article, we are charging 500/- (from Indian authors) and an additional 25 USD (from foreign authors).

For more than 5 authors, we charge 500/- per author (for Indian authors) and 25 USD (for foreign authors).

For additional hardcopy, we are charging Rs.1000/- (from Indian authors) and 70 USD (from foreign authors) per additional copy for individual authors. These charges include postal expenses as well.

This additional charge-related information is mentioned on our Submission Portal - MPRP also which can be seen by authors at the time of article submission.

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