Aster Publications

Article Processing Charges

To cover publication costs, Aster journals have very minimal Article Processing Charges (APCs),  only upon editorial acceptance of an article.

 

 

Article Type	Processing Charges (USD)
Research Article	549
Review Article	429
Case Report	499
Image	149
Short Communication	299
Letter to Editor	219
Opinion	199
Perspective	199
Book review	149

 

Authors are asked to pay an article processing charge (APC) for their article to be published open access under a Creative Commons License.

 

Submission and Withdrawal Policies

Article processing charges (APCs) cover the cost of publication in the journal; in recognition of the varying editorial time and effort involved in publishing different article types, from administrating peer review to copy-editing and hosting.

Requests for manuscript withdrawal will not be accepted once the manuscript has undergone peer review or galley production. Authors will have a period of 7 days from the date of submission to withdraw their manuscript. After the initial 7-day period, our editorial team will commence the review process, and the manuscript will no longer be eligible for withdrawal.

If a manuscript is withdrawn after one week of its initial submission, a 50% charge of the article processing fee will be applied. It's important to note that there are no charges for submitting a manuscript or for articles that have been rejected.

For queries on the article processing charges (APCs), please contact us at: submissions@asterpublications.com