Article Processing Charge
The International Journal of Medicine and Health Innovations Perspectives (IJOMAHIP) is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to advancing knowledge in the fields of Medicine and Health Sciences fostering innovation, facilitating global knowledge exchange, and supporting collaborative efforts among researchers, clinicians, educators, and healthcare practitioners worldwide.
Article Processing Charge
All articles published in IJOMAHIP are open access and available online for free immediately upon publication. This is facilitated by an article-processing charge (APC) that covers a variety of publishing services we offer. These services include providing online tools for Chief Editor, reviewers, and authors, managing article production and hosting, coordinating with abstracting and indexing services, and offering customer support.
The current APC is $100, applicable to accepted manuscripts with up to three authors. For each additional author beyond three, there is a fee of $10, which may be subject to VAT or local taxes where applicable.
The APC is due upon editorial acceptance of your manuscript and must be paid prior to publication. The charge can be billed to you or your funder, institution, or employer. After acceptance, authors will receive a PayPal invoice for payment. Proof of payment, the final manuscript, and a signed copyright form should be emailed to the editor at ijomahip-editor@virtualrealia.org.
Frequently Asked Questions
As the corresponding author of the manuscript, you are responsible for making or arranging the payment (for example, through your institution) upon the editorial acceptance of the manuscript.
The article processing charge (APC) that you will need to pay is determined on the date your article is accepted for publication.
Once your article is editorially accepted, you will be notified that payment is due. You must arrange for payment unless a waiver has been granted or if your institution or employer is covering the cost through the Virtualrealia.org Membership Program.
We recommend prompt payment, as we cannot publish accepted articles until payment has been received.
Payment can be made using one of the following methods:
- Credit Card: You can pay online using a secure payment form as soon as your manuscript is editorially accepted. A receipt will be emailed to you once the payment has been processed.
- Invoice: Payment is due within 30 days of editorial acceptance. Receipts are available upon request. Please note that payments made by methods other than credit card may incur an administrative surcharge.
No taxes are included in this charge. If you are a resident of any European Union country, you must add Value-Added Tax (VAT) at the applicable rate for your country. Institutions outside of the UK paying your fee on your behalf can have VAT recorded under the EU reverse charge method, meaning VAT does not need to be added to the invoice; these institutions must provide their VAT registration number. If you reside in Japan, you must add Japanese Consumption Tax (JCT) at the rate set by the Japanese government.
Virtualrealia.org will evaluate requests for waivers from authors experiencing financial difficulties on a case-by-case basis.
Many institutions worldwide participate in our Membership Program, which supports open access by covering some or all of the article processing charges (APCs) on behalf of their researchers. If your institution is a member, you will have the option to indicate this after your manuscript is editorially accepted.
Virtualrealia.org does not provide APC waivers for manuscripts authored by individuals based in countries classified as low-income economies by the World Bank.
Many funding agencies permit the use of grants to cover article processing charges (APCs). An increasing number of these organizations strongly advocate for open access publication, so please check online for specific details.
Authors submitting a manuscript that provides a significant critique of an article previously published in the same fully open access journal may apply for a waiver of the APC.
To request an APC waiver on these grounds, please contact IJOMAHIP at the time of submission. Requests will only be considered after a manuscript has been submitted and will be granted at the discretion of the Chief Editor.
Virtualrealia.org will issue a refund for an article processing charge (APC) if an error on our part has prevented an article from being published under the open access terms chosen by the authors. This includes situations where an article is not made openly available on the journal platform or is published under a different Creative Commons license than that selected by the authors. A refund will only be provided if these errors have not been corrected within 30 days of publication.
If you notice an error regarding your article’s open access status or licensing, please contact us immediately.
APCs will not be refunded if articles are retracted due to author error or misconduct.