APC Policy

To support open-access dissemination and cover the costs of handling, editing, and publishing, authors or their institutions are asked to pay an Article Processing Charge (APC). Instructions for bank transfer are provided by the editor with the acceptance notification.

Article processing charges (USD)

Item

Charge

Collaborative (multi-author) paper — first 8 pages

$455

Sole-author paper — first 8 pages (charged twice)

$910

Each extra page over 8—collaborative paper

+$50 / page

Each extra page over 8—sole-author paper

+$100 / page

Author biographies

Exempt

Note: single-author submissions are discouraged and incur the doubled charge shown above.