Publication Fee Policy

 

The International Bulletin of Linguistics and Literature (IBLL) follows a transparent and equitable publication fee policy to support its open-access model. While submission to the journal is free of charge, authors whose manuscripts are accepted for publication must pay a publication fee to cover the costs associated with peer review, editorial processes, and online hosting. The fee ensures the journal remains financially sustainable while providing high-quality publishing services. The exact fee amount is specified on the journal's website and is payable upon acceptance of the manuscript. However, the IBLL recognises the financial challenges that some authors may face and offers fee waivers or reductions for authors from low-income countries or those with financial constraints. Requests for waivers or reductions can be made at the time of submission, and these will be considered on a case-by-case basis. The journal strives to maintain a balance between accessibility and sustainability, ensuring that all research, regardless of the author's financial background, has the opportunity to be published and freely accessed worldwide.

ARTICLE-PROCESSING/PUBLICATION FEE

The publication charges policy of IBLL has been managed by the Research Syndicate Academy (RSA), which is a research institute having a Research Mandate, registered by the Securities Exchange Corporation of Pakistan (SECP). Various Journals are being sponsored by many organizations, societies, and other groups. Owing to such sponsorship and funding, they do not charge any publication charges. RSA is neither funded nor financed by any organisation or society. IBLL is trying to get it indexed by the world's best indexing agencies like JCR, SSCI, WOS, etc. Our mission is not only to facilitate our local researchers but also to meet international and global academia.

To meet such expenses, IBLL recommends nominal publication charges in comparison to the contemporary journals in the domain. IBLL provides special financial relief to PhD scholars and young researchers not only from all over Pakistan but also from third-world countries. Furthermore, the authors may ask their respective institutes to pay the publication fee, as many institutes facilitate their scholars and researchers. But where the author or researcher has no facility or a proper funder. Cogent OA (Taylor and Francis-Informal Group) pioneered a new module of financial contribution to pay the publication charges, titled “Freedom Articles Publishing Charges”. It allows authors to choose how much to contribute towards the publication charges of their research in open-access journals.

IBLL charges two tiers of the total fee (RS 35000/-) for local Authors and $300 for international authors. The fee is nonrefundable.

  • Article-processing charges (pre-acceptance) –APC-I (45%)
  • Article publishing charges (post-acceptance)-APC-II (55%)

Article submission is free. Once the article has been submitted, the author will be sent an acknowledgement of receipt article. Then the article will go through the pre-editorial review, which is free of cost. It includes:

  • Scope
  • Plagiarism (as per Journal’s Policy)
  • Basic format
  • Initial grammar and typo check
  • Authors strength
  • Citation style
  • Abstract
  • Keywords
  • References
  • APA 6

Waiver Policy:

IBLL designed a waiver policy for the authors as under:

For the authors who want their manuscript to be published and cannot pay a publication fee, their article can be published under a golden open-access model (GOAM). They are required to send a request to the editor for publication under GOAM through email at researchsyndicate.vv@gmail.com. The waiver requests under GOAM are considered on a need and eligibility basis and may be granted in cases of genuine need.   

Eligibility Criteria under GOAM

  1. The scholars and researchers who have won any national excellence award.
  2. Undergraduates with quality manuscripts
  3. orphans, and special persons handicapped
  4. Whose parents and siblings are martyred/ affected by the war on terror.

Utilisation of Publication Fee

IBLL uses the publication fee for maintenance of the journal, peer reviewers ‘fee, advisory body’s dues, editorial work, administrative support, commissioning content, editorial layout, journal development, correspondence with the authors, reviewers and referees, editorial review, double-blind review, foreign and local evaluation.

For any queries, please feel free to contact us via Email: researchsyndicate.vv@gmail.com