Article Processing Charges (APC)
Effective from Volume 3, Issue 1 (January 2027), the Electronic Journal of Medical Research (EJMR) will implement Article Processing Charges to support the journal’s editorial operations, peer-review management, long-term archiving, costs for DOI, and open-access dissemination.
Article Processing Charges:
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Authors from Pakistan: PKR 35,000
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Authors from all other countries: USD 350
Open Access Publication: All manuscripts submitted to the EJMR are assumed to be submitted under the Open Access publishing model. In this publishing model, papers are peer-reviewed in the normal way under editorial control. When a paper is accepted for publication, the author is issued an invoice for payment of an article publishing charge (see payment details below). Payment of this charge allows the journal to recover its editorial and production costs and to create a pool of funds that can be used to provide fee waivers for authors from lower-income countries (see below).
There are no submission charges as such, only the article publishing charge after the paper is accepted for publication. Owing to fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, fees may occasionally be subject to change without notice. Published papers appear electronically and are freely available from the journal's website. Authors may also use their published .pdf for any non-commercial use on their personal or non-commercial institution's website.
APC discounts and waivers
EJMR does not want the cost of Article Processing Charges to be a barrier to publishing high-quality research. Full and partial waivers are available for authors affiliated with low- and lower-middle-income countries (per World Bank classification), and for corresponding authors listed in the Stanford/Elsevier World's Top 2% Scientists ranking. Discretionary waivers may also be considered for invited articles, special issue contributions, and individual hardship cases, subject to the availability of waiver funds.
Waiver and discount decisions are made independently of the editorial and peer review process and have no bearing on manuscript acceptance.
For full eligibility criteria and how to request a waiver, see the APC Waivers and Discounts Policy.
APC Disclaimer
The Editorial Board of the EJMR maintains a strict policy ensuring that Article Processing Charges (APCs) have no influence whatsoever on editorial decisions. All manuscripts submitted to EJMR undergo an independent, rigorous, and unbiased peer-review process, and decisions regarding acceptance, revision, or rejection are based solely on the scholarly merit, originality, methodological quality, and relevance of the research.
Payment of APCs, whether full, discounted, or waived, does not affect the review process or the final editorial outcome. Authors are notified of the APC requirement only after acceptance of the manuscript. The EJMR is committed to maintaining the highest standards of transparency, integrity, and editorial independence.
