APC

Article Processing Contribution

The following updated article processing charges are applicable for accepted articles submitted on or after 26 April 2024.

Article category

Base charge up to 2 authors

Additional charge 3rd author and above (per author)

Monographs (36 printed pages or more, up to 64 pages *): 

Larger issues will be calculated on a case-by-case basis.

INR 30,000 / USD 600

INR 5,000 / USD 100

Descriptive articles (10,001 and more words *): 

Article, Communications, Reviews, Conservation Applications, Essays, Detailed Descriptions, Annotated Checklists, Detailed Data Papers.

INR 18,000 / USD 360

INR 4,000 / USD 80

Lengthy articles (6,501–10,000 words *)

Article, Communications, Reviews, Conservation Applications, Essays, Detailed Descriptions, Annotated Checklists, Data Papers.

INR 15,000 / USD 300

INR 3,000 / USD 60

Full length articles (4,001–6,500 words *): 

Article, Communications, Reviews, Conservation Applications, Essays, Detailed Descriptions, Annotated Checklists, Data Papers.

INR 12,000 / USD 240

INR 3,000 / USD 60

Medium length articles (2,501–4,000 words *): 

Article, Communications, Reviews, Conservation Applications, Essays, Detailed New Descriptions with or without phylogenetic analysis, Annotated Checklists, Data Papers.

INR 8,000 / USD 160

INR 2,000 / USD 40

Short length articles (1,001–2,500 words *): 

Short Communications, Short Data Papers, Peer Commentaries, Viewpoints, Simple Checklists, Short Classical New Descriptions, Observations and Notes over 1,000 words (with or without headers).

INR 5,000 / USD 100

INR 1,000 / USD 20

Brief articles: 

Notes of up to 1,000 words * (without headers).

INR 3,000 / USD 60

INR 500 / USD 10

Miscellaneous:

Editorial, Response / Reply, Book Review, Addenda / Errata / Corrigenda.

No charge

No charge

* Including Abstract, Keywords, and References at the time of publication.

 

The APC are calculated considering various situations, including ability to pay for publication for those who are unaided or underfunded. This is a simple payment model based on the ability for an average cost of outing or purchase. And additional authors beyond the base charge for two-author will mean the individual cost for each author further reduces overall, making the publication not dependent heavily on only funding agencies, or hinder students from publishing either.