Article Processing Charges (APC)

The Iraqi Journal for Applied Science (IJAS) is an international, peer-reviewed, fully open-access journal. All published articles are freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication without subscription or access restrictions.

To support the costs associated with editorial management, peer review, production, online publication, digital preservation, and long-term accessibility, the journal charges an Article Processing Charge (APC) for manuscripts that are accepted for publication.

The APC is charged only after a manuscript has successfully completed the peer-review process and has received a final editorial acceptance decision.

No payment is requested during submission, editorial screening, or peer review.

APC Amount

Article Processing Charge (APC): USD 150 per accepted article

The APC is payable only after formal acceptance of the manuscript.

The fee is charged once per accepted article regardless of the number of authors or institutional affiliations.

No Submission Fees

IJAS does not charge any fees for:

Manuscript submission
Initial editorial assessment
Editorial screening
Peer-review processing
Manuscripts rejected during editorial evaluation or peer review

Authors whose manuscripts are not accepted incur no publication charges.

What the APC Covers

The Article Processing Charge contributes to the costs of:

Editorial assessment and manuscript management
Double-anonymous peer-review administration
Editorial correspondence
Technical editing and copyediting
Language and formatting checks
Typesetting and production
Figure and table preparation where required
DOI registration through Crossref
Metadata registration and dissemination
Online publication
Website hosting and maintenance
Digital archiving and long-term preservation
Indexing support and scholarly dissemination
Permanent public access to the published Version of Record

The APC supports the publication process and does not represent payment for editorial acceptance.

Payment Procedure

Authors will receive payment instructions only after their manuscript has been formally accepted.

Payment should be completed before:

final production,
assignment of a DOI,
publication in an issue of the journal.

Official receipts or invoices are available upon request.

Waiver and Discount Policy

IJAS is committed to promoting equitable access to scholarly publishing.

In exceptional circumstances, the Editorial Board may consider partial or full APC waivers for authors who demonstrate genuine financial need.

Waiver requests may be considered for, but are not limited to:

Authors from low-income countries.
Researchers without institutional or grant funding.
Early-career researchers with documented financial constraints.
Invited articles approved by the Editorial Board.
Special issues or editorial initiatives authorized by the journal.

All waiver requests are evaluated individually.

Approval or rejection of a waiver request is independent of the editorial evaluation of the manuscript.

Editorial Independence

The editorial process is completely independent of financial considerations.

Payment or non-payment of the APC has no influence on:

Editorial screening
Peer-review outcomes
Acceptance or rejection decisions
Publication priority
Reviewer selection
Editorial recommendations

Editorial decisions are based exclusively on:

Scientific originality
Research quality
Methodological rigor
Ethical compliance
Clarity of presentation
Significance of the findings
Relevance to the aims and scope of the journal

The APC is requested only after the manuscript has been accepted for publication.

Transparency

IJAS is committed to transparency in all publication charges.

The journal does not impose:

Submission fees
Editorial handling fees
Fast-track review fees
Hidden publication charges
Additional mandatory fees after acceptance

Any future changes to the APC or publication policies will be announced publicly through the official journal website before implementation.

Refund Policy

Because publication services begin immediately after acceptance, APC payments are generally non-refundable once production has commenced.

Requests for refunds under exceptional circumstances will be considered by the Editorial Office on a case-by-case basis.

Funding Information

Authors are encouraged to acknowledge any institutional, governmental, or research funding used to support APC payments within their manuscript where appropriate.

Compliance with Open Access Principles

The APC enables IJAS to maintain a sustainable Gold Open Access publishing model while ensuring that all published articles remain:

immediately accessible,
permanently available,
freely downloadable,
reusable under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License.