Article processing charges-AJCMR |

Article Processing Charges (APC)

CMJ Journals offers rapid publication within 15-20 days. We are having a strong editorial team to fulfill all the editorial activities within the timeline.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

1. Why CMJ Journals needs publication fee?

All articles published in CMJ Journals are open access. The Open Access publishing provides unrestricted access of articles to all readers, anywhere in the world. The Article Publication fee is for the editorial and production costs of the journal, for hosting the website, publishing articles online, preparing HTML, PDF and XML versions of the articles and submitting the articles in an electronic citation database like CrossRef, ISI, IIJIF, SIS, Academia.edu, Publons, ResearchGate, WorldCat, DRJI, Scilit, Microsoft Academic, Google Scholar, etc.

Our financial goals are:
› To recover the capitalization costs happened during the production process.
› Produce sufficient revenue for the maintenance of editorial activities and allow for a sustainable and scalable publishing program, under continuous development.
› Bend the publication-charge cost downward over time.

2. Who will pay the Article Processing Charges?
Corresponding author or Co-authors or University or Institute has to make the payment on acceptance of the article.

3. When should I pay?
Corresponding author or the paying institutions should arrange for the payment once they are notified regarding acceptance of the article. APC is exempted for cases in which a waiver agreement has been made in-prior to submission.

*We request an immediate attention towards the payment as the articles will not be published unless the charges have been paid.

4. How do I pay?
Authors or institutions can make payments by two modes as per their convenience.
– Wire/Bank transfer
– Card payment

Note: No taxes are included in this charge, taxes will be applicable as per the policies of the country of the payee. Additional transaction charges may be levied on the author.

5. Who are eligible for wavier on Article Processing Charges?
The waiver request will be considered on a case-by-case basis, and will be provided accordingly.
*The Waiver requests must be made during the submission process and will not be accepted after processing of the manuscript.

6. Do I have to pay if my manuscript is rejected?
No, Article processing charges will not be applicable for articles rejected by the Editorial office.

7. Are reprints of my article included in the article processing charges (APCs)?
No, Article processing charges (APCs) do not include the charges for the reprints. Reprints facility is optional and should be ordered separately.

8. Is there any Withdrawal Charges?
Yes, after the acceptance of the article, if the author wants to withdraw the article there will be a withdrawal charge (30% of the actual publication fee). If you have any queries, please E-mail us info@cmjjournals.com

Note: If any of the author wants to withdraw the article after the publication fee was paid, will not be refunded (fully or partially).

The Article processing charges for journals mentioned in the below table.

CMJ Journals offers discounts for article processing charges (APCs) for papers whose corresponding authors are based in middle/low-income countries. Please follow the below mentioned APC based on countries classified by the World Bank

The article processing fee for American Journal of Clinical and Medical Research (AJCMR) is USD 1360 to USD 1960 (depending on the type of article, availability of Funding Support, and the income status of the country), since American American Journal of Clinical and Medical Research (AJCMR) is a self-supporting journal which uses a business model that includes Article Processing Charges (APCs) to cover production costs incurred from administration for peer review publication, graphic conversion (PDF, XML, HTML), copy editing, hosting the journal online, archiving, indexing and covering journal production charges.

There is no charge for the authors if they wish to withdraw their manuscript from initial stages of processing. However, the author needs to pay a minimal amount as withdrawal charge if the article has been processed and accepted for publication. This amount will be utilized to compensate the costs incurred during the process and publication.

If an author withdraws manuscript after acceptance of the article, then he/she will be asked to pay partial processing fee of 50%. Each and every manuscript submission costs us (CMJ Publishers) certain amount along with overhead cost during processing. Manuscripts peer review process is completed (which can often happen within a week), and it has been worked into a journal issue, we have incurred costs on our end that need to be reimbursed.

For any queries or any discussions regarding manuscript withdrawal/article processing fee, please contact us at: info@cmjjournals.com