Article Processing Charges

General Information on Voice of Doctors Publisher’s Article Processing Charges (APC)

Voice of Doctor publishes all of its journals in full open access, meaning unlimited use and reuse of articles, in addition to giving credit to the authors. All our articles are published under a Creative Commons (CC-BY) license.

Authors pay a one-time Article Processing Charge (APC) to cover the costs of peer review administration and management, professional production of articles in PDF and other formats, and dissemination of published papers in various venues, in addition to other publishing functions. There are no charges for rejected articles, no submission charges. Some items (Editorials, Corrections, Retractions, Expressions of Concern, Comments, etc.) are published free of charge.

APC Mainly go forward Defraying the Costs of:

• Voice of Doctor’s website construction and maintain.
• Online submission & editorial system.
• Journal publication.
• Editorial fees.
• Others.

Journal Specific APCs

Tax and Transaction Fee:

• Local VAT or local taxes will be added if applicable.
• 4%–5% Transaction fee may be charged by the credit card company.

Discounts for Authors:

For authors from Low and Middle income countries, discounts may be granted on a case-by-case basis.

Ways of Payment and Instructions

IMR Press currently supports the following payment methods:

• Online Payment
• We chat / Alipay –
  Bank information:
  Note:
  • Invoices are emailed shortly after acceptance to the payment contact provided by the authors.
  • APCs are payable within 5 business days.
  • Article Processing Charges are required after a manuscript has been accepted for publication. The journal will not issue refunds of any kind after the acceptance of the manuscript.

Benefits of Open Access for Authors

• Authors retain copyright. The use of a Creative Commons Attribution License enables authors to retain copyright to their work. Publications can be reused and redistributed as long as the original author is correctly attributed.
• High quality and rigorous peer review. Open access publications run through the same peer review, production and publishing processes similar to journals and books published under the traditional subscription-based model do.
• Rapid publication. A streamlined and easy to use online submission and production process enables quick review, approval and publication.
• No space constraints. Publishing online means unlimited space for supplementary material including figures, extensive data and video footage.
• Compliance with open access mandates. Open access publications can comply with open access mandates from funding sources or academic institutions in the fastest and easiest way. Final articles can be deposited into bibliographic databases and institutional repositories without any embargo periods.
• Citation tracking and inclusion in bibliographic databases. Open access journals are deposited into bibliographic databases and institutional repositories without any embargo period just as traditional journals. The full text of all VOD publisher published articles is immediately available to all without registration or subscription. This means that search engines such as Google Scholar can index them fully, greatly increasing their visibility.