Open Access Publication Charges

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OPEN ACCESS PUBLICATION CHARGES FOR INDIAN AUTHORS WITH EFFECT FROM JANUARY 2026

  1.  Rs. 22,000 for Research Scholars (and, faculty members from private universities not getting regular UGC scale) with single coauthor; and Rs 28,000 with more than one coauthor.
  2. Faculty members on a full UGC scale Rs. 32,000 (no coauthor limit).
  3. Unpaid female research scholars from SC, ST and Minority Communities are eligible for a concession up to 30 percent in their corresponding slab of APC.
  4. Overseas authors from poor and developing countries will get a 40 percent concession in the APC.
  5. The overseas authors from the countries where India UPI system is working, will get a 25 percent concession in the APC 
  6. NOTE: PLEASE ADD GST @18% WITH THE APC AMOUNT ALSO WHILE SUBMITTING TO THE BANK.

IMPORTANT: JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOWS AND SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOWS WORKING IN A UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT ARE ALLOWED TO SUBMIT RESEARCH PAPERS WITH THEIR REGISTERED PhD SUPERVISOR ONLY. THIS CONDITION IS NOT IMPOSED ON THE JRF, SRF STUDENTS WORKING UNDER VARIOUS NATIONAL LABORATORIES- CSIR-LABORATORIES, ICAR LABORATORIES, RESEARCH CENTERS AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES, ICMR AND DRDO- LABORATORIES; OR UNDER ANY RESEARCH PROJECT FUNDED BY SUCH NATIONAL AGENCIES LIKE DST, CSIR, ICAR, ICMR, DARL, DRDO, ETC.

For overseas authors

  1. Developed Countries: INR 235,382 (Indian Rupee)
  2. Developing Countries: INR 160,000 (Indian Rupee)
  3. Underdeveloped countries: INR 32,000 (Indian Rupee)

Authors belonging to the following countries are allowed for a sixty per cent concession in the respective applicable open access publication charges: 

ANGOLA, BARBADOS, BHUTAN, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, COOK ISLANDS, DOMINICA, FIJI, GRENADA, HAITI, JAMAICA, KAZAKHSTAN, KIRIBATI, MACAO (SAR CHINA), MYANMAR, MALAYSIA, MAURITIUS, MICRONESIA, MONTSERRAT, NEPAL, NIUE, RWANDA, SENEGAL, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, THAILAND, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, VANUATU, BURUNDI, CAMBODIA, CAPE VERDE ISLANDS, COMORO ISLANDS, DJIBOUTI, ETHIOPIA, GUINEA-BISSAU, INDONESIA, JORDAN, LAOS, MADAGASCAR, MALDIVES, MARSHALL ISLANDS, MONGOLIA, MOZAMBIQUE, PHILIPPINES, PALAU ISLANDS, QATAR, SAMOA, SIERRA LEONE, SOMALIA, SRI LANKA, TANZANIA, TIMOR-LESTE, TUVALU, ZIMBABWE, KENYA, SEYCHELLES, ST. KITTS AND NEVI

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