Article Processing Charges (APC) Policy
The Interdisciplinary Journal of Health, Environment and Computation (IJHEC) is an Open Access journal. To ensure immediate and permanent free access to published articles, the journal applies Article Processing Charges (APC). There are no fees for submission, subscription, or pay-per-view.
The APC supports the following essential publishing services:
- DOI registration with Crossref and participation in citation linking.
- Rigorous peer review management.
- Professional copy editing and typesetting.
- Online hosting, indexing, and long-term digital archiving.
- Journal administration and editorial support.
The standard APC is ₹8,000 (INR) or approximately $100 (USD). For manuscripts exceeding 20 pages (according to the journal’s formatting guidelines), an additional fee of ₹350 (INR) or approximately $5 (USD) per page will be applicable. Payments are accepted only in Indian currency. Any additional fund transfer or bank charges must be borne by the author(s). The APC becomes payable only after acceptance of the manuscript. Please note that the APC, once paid, is non-refundable.
In special cases of manuscripts of exceptionally high quality and significance, the Editor-in-Chief may recommend a partial or full waiver of APC to the Publisher. The decision of the publisher on financial matters shall be considered final and binding.
Authors are encouraged to check with their universities, institutions, or research funding agencies, many of which explicitly support APC payments for Open Access publications under funded research projects.