Article Processing Charge

The editorial review and peer review process may take 2-3 months to accept and publish an article. Acceptance of an article is based on editorial considerations, an independent peer review, and ensuring that the highest standards are maintained. Like other Open Access Journals, IJHS has a policy for the Article Processing Charge (APC) as follows:

1. Article Processing Charge

An article processing charge includes the submission fee (processing fee), publication fee (author fee) and copy-cum-language editing fee (optional) as follows:

1.1. Submission Fee

A submission fee is charged from the author(s) after completion of the desk/editorial review of the manuscript as follows:

PKR 5000 processing fee.-

The submission fee will be returned to the author(s) if the manuscript is declined at any stage. However, if the author(s) withdraws the manuscript, then IJHS reserves the right to a partial charge of the submission fee on a case-to-case basis.

1.2. Publication Fee (Author Fee)

Publicationr fee is charged from author/co-author after completion of the peer review process and acceptance of the manuscript as a whole PKR. 30,000 per article/manuscript.