Article Processing Charges & Waivers
Asian Review of Social Sciences (ARSS) follows a Gold Open Access publishing model. The costs associated with editorial administration, publication, hosting, archiving, preservation and dissemination are supported in part through an Article Processing Charge (APC). Payment or waiver status does not influence editorial assessment, peer review or manuscript acceptance.
1. Current Article Processing Charge
| Author / Charge Category | Current Fee |
|---|---|
| Authors based in India | INR 3,000 |
| Authors based outside India | USD 50 |
| Manuscript submission fee | Nil |
2. When the APC Is Charged
The APC becomes payable only after a manuscript has been accepted following editorial assessment and peer review. Authors are not required to pay an APC for rejected manuscripts. Payment of an APC does not guarantee acceptance, expedited peer review, favourable editorial treatment or publication.
3. Waivers and Discounts
ARSS provides a 50% APC discount for corresponding authors from Research4Life Group A countries, subject to the current Research4Life eligibility classification at the time of submission. The discount is based on the corresponding author’s country information. Any other waiver or discount, if offered by CRI in an exceptional case, must be confirmed in writing before payment and is handled independently of editorial decision-making.
4. Requesting a Waiver or Discount
Authors seeking an applicable waiver or discount must make the request before APC payment and provide any information reasonably required by the publishing office. Fee-support requests are administered separately from editorial assessment and peer review.
5. Refund of Article Processing Charges
An APC refund may be considered when an error attributable to the publisher prevents publication of an accepted manuscript or when multiple APC payments are mistakenly made for the same manuscript.
Refunds are normally not issued when an author withdraws the manuscript after APC payment and publication processing has commenced, or when a published article is retracted because of plagiarism, copyright infringement, data fabrication, research misconduct or another author-related breach of publication ethics.
6. Editorial Independence
Editorial decisions are based on scholarly merit and remain independent of APC payment, waiver or discount eligibility, sponsorship, advertising or other revenue considerations. See the ARSS Revenue Sources Statement for further transparency.
7. Open Access and Licence
Published articles are made immediately and permanently available online under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). Copyright and licence terms are described in the Copyright & Licensing Policy and Open Access Policy.
Related ARSS pages: Open Access Policy | Copyright & Licensing Policy | Revenue Sources Statement | Submit Manuscript | Peer Review Process | Publication Ethics & Publication Malpractice Statement
