Article Processing Charges (APCs)

Academic Publishing Pte. Ltd. publishes all its journals in Gold Open Access format and there is no charge to readers. In order to defray our editorial and production costs, authors of accepted articles are required to pay an article processing charge (APC), which will not be affected by article length. The charges will come from authors' institutes or research funding bodies. Authors will not be levied any other fees other than APCs.

The APC for this journal is US $1600 .

Waiver and discount policy

Academic Publishing Pte. Ltd. develops a waiver and discount policy for authors from low-income countries. Authors who would like to apply for waivers and discounts should contact editorial-svjournal@acad-pub.net before submitting to the target journal. The publisher reserves the right to approve or reject a waiver/discount application. The editorial decision making will not be affected by APCs or the status of waivers/discounts.