Article Processing Charges (APC) Policy

Innovation Journal of Social Sciences and Economic Review (IJSSER) operates under an open-access publishing model to ensure free and global access to scholarly research. To support the editorial process, technical infrastructure, and long-term archiving, an Article Processing Charge (APC) is applied in specific circumstances, as outlined below.

No APC for Unfunded Research

Authors without access to research grants, institutional funding, or financial sponsorship are eligible to publish in IJSSER free of charge. We believe that financial limitations should not hinder the dissemination of quality research and therefore waive APCs for unfunded submissions.

APC for Funded Research or Institutional Support

If a submitted manuscript is part of a funded project, supported by a research grant, or institutionally financed, an Article Processing Charge (APC) of £650 GBP (exclusive of VAT) will apply upon acceptance of the article.

Article Submission Charges

Article Submission Charges (ASC) do not apply.

APC Discount and Waiver Policy for Funded Research

We wholeheartedly support the Research4Life Access to Health Research Program. Research4Life Article Publishing Charge waiver & discount options:

• Group A: 100% APC waiver (81 Countries)
• Group B: 50% APC discount (38 Countries)
• 50% APC discount: A mix of authors from Group A and B countries.

Institutional Funding Opportunities

APC fees for open-access journals are an accepted way to defray publication costs, and most institutions have mechanisms and funding sources to cover publication costs in high-quality open-access journals. Contact your institution, department, or funder for information on APC subsidies for open-access publications. As your department benefits directly or indirectly from article publication, we're confident it will be willing to pay the APC fee in the absence of extramural funding.

English Editing and Discount Opportunity

English editing services: Get a 10% discount on English editing services from ICRP. If the authors used another professional service, please provide an English editing certificate from the company or an individual native English speaker.

Journal Publication Expenses

• Triaging: Filtering of papers upon submission by internal staff and editorial board members.
• Organization of peer review: We provide a high degree of assistance to academic editors so that they can focus only on editorial decisions. We employ in-house editors to invite reviewers, collect review reports, communicate with authors and reviewers, correspond with authors about revisions, and more.
• Production: copy-editing, typesetting, XML, language editing, and PDF conversion. The APC includes minor English editing by native English speakers. The APC does not cover extensive English editing.
• Proofreading: corresponding with authors to approve the final text and requesting any missing information.
• Other editorial assistance: handling any questions and requests for support before submission, during the editorial and peer-review process, or post-publication.
• Journal Management & Development: In-house Managing Editors track key performance indicators of the journal and monitor competing journals and trends in the field. They also provide reports and hold discussions with the Editor-in-Chief and the Editorial Board.
• Indexing & Archiving: We have a dedicated team that works to continuously expand post-publication coverage of all our journals within the main academic databases, scope-specific databases, and country-specific journal ranking lists.

Marketing and Communication Expenses

We allocate part of our income to the promotion of journals and articles through sponsorships of conferences, scholarly society events, and other promotional activities, as well as a series of awards to support researchers.