International Journal of Research Studies in Microbiology and Biotechnology

Article Processing Charges (APC)

International Journal of Research Studies in Microbiology and Biotechnology published under ARC Publications is an open access journal and so the authors are requested to pay APC to publish their articles. In open access model, the publication costs of an article are paid from an author's research budget, or by their supporting institution. In order to provide free and immediate access to full text versions of your research articles and high quality publishing services, the authors are charged processing fee. Please note that the authors will be requested for APC only if the paper is accepted for publication. APC covers several expenses of publisher like peer-reviewing, editing, publishing, archiving and other costs associated with publication of the articles.

Authors from High Income Countries	450 USD / 425 Euro / 365 GBP
Authors from Upper Middle Income Countries	200 USD / 188 Euro / 160 GBP
Authors from Lower Middle Income Countries	100 USD / 94 Euro / 80 GBP
Authors from Low Income Countries	75 USD / 70 Euro / 60 GBP

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Hard Copies

Hard copy of the journal is provided to authors on request. To get one hard copy of the journal the author(s) need to pay 50 USD /47 EURO /40 GBP towards printing and postal charges. The hard copy of the particular issue will only be posted after online publication of the entire issue. The hard copy will be posted through regular postal services which generally take 15 to 20 business days.

If authors require speedy delivery of hard copy they can contact our concerned journal team through mail. The charges for speedy delivery will be more compared to regular delivery.

Reprints

We provide reprints of the article for convenience of authors. The minimum number of reprints to be ordered is 100. For more information, please visit our reprints page.