Publication Fees

The International Journal of Research and Community Empowerment (IJoRCE) is an independent, open-access journal. The journal's operational costs are primarily supported by publication fees paid by Authors.

Publication fees, waivers, administrative charges, and other financial matters are completely independent of editorial decisions. Payment does not guarantee acceptance, publication, a Letter of Acceptance (LoA), or any particular editorial outcome.

Submission Fee

A Submission Fee of IDR 50,000 may be charged after the manuscript has passed the initial editorial check and is considered eligible to proceed to the peer-review process.

Where applicable, Authors will be notified by the Editorial Team to complete the payment before the manuscript is sent to Peer Reviewers.

The Submission Fee is non-refundable once paid, regardless of the outcome of the peer-review process or the final editorial decision. Payment of the Submission Fee does not guarantee acceptance or publication of the manuscript. This fee is separate from the Article Publication Fee.

Article Publication Fee

The applicable Article Publication Fee is determined according to the Authors' institutional affiliations and international collaboration:

  • All Authors are from the same institution in Indonesia: IDR 900,000
  • Authors are from different institutions in Indonesia: IDR 600,000
  • Indonesian Authors collaborating with international Authors and the manuscript is written in English: IDR 200,000
  • All Authors are from outside Indonesia and the manuscript is written in English: Free of charge

Payment of the Article Publication Fee is required only for manuscripts that have completed the applicable editorial and peer-review process and have been accepted for publication.

The Article Publication Fee does not influence Reviewer recommendations, editorial assessment, or the decision to accept or reject a manuscript.

Proofreading Service

IJoRCE may provide or arrange an optional proofreading service where required. The applicable fee ranges from IDR 0 to IDR 300,000, depending on language complexity and manuscript length.

Proofreading is an editorial or language-support service and does not influence the scholarly assessment or acceptance of a manuscript.

Fast-Track Review

IJoRCE offers a Fast-Track Review service for Authors who require an expedited editorial and peer-review process due to specific academic or institutional needs.

Participation in the Fast-Track Review process does not influence the acceptance or rejection of a manuscript. Every manuscript remains subject to academic evaluation, peer review, editorial assessment, similarity and ethical screening, revision requirements, and the journal's publication ethics standards.

Fast-Track Review does not reduce, bypass, or modify the journal's standard editorial and peer-review requirements. Manuscripts remain subject to the same Reviewer eligibility, independence requirements, review criteria, and final editorial decision as manuscripts processed through the regular route.

The service provides priority administrative handling and expedited processing only. It does not guarantee acceptance, issuance of a Letter of Acceptance (LoA), a specific review completion date, a specific publication date, or any particular editorial outcome.

The Fast-Track Review fee is IDR 1,000,000 and does not include the Article Publication Fee.

The Fast-Track Review fee may be billed in advance after the manuscript has been confirmed as eligible for Fast-Track Review and before the peer-review process begins. The fee is non-refundable once the Fast-Track process has begun, including where the manuscript is subsequently rejected.

Waiver Policy

IJoRCE prioritizes the scholarly quality of submitted manuscripts above financial considerations. Authors experiencing financial hardship may request a fee waiver or reduction by contacting the Editorial Team.

Waiver or fee reduction requests may be submitted by:

  • undergraduate students serving as the First Author or Corresponding Author; or
  • Authors with limited financial resources, particularly those from developing countries.

All waiver or fee reduction requests are considered individually. A waiver request will not affect editorial evaluation, peer review, Reviewer selection, or the final editorial decision.

Manuscript Withdrawal and Post-Publication Administrative Fees

Administrative or production charges may apply to certain Author-initiated Manuscript Withdrawal requests or post-publication changes that require additional editorial, administrative, review-related, technical, metadata, or production work.

Manuscript Withdrawal

Withdrawal applies primarily to manuscripts that have not yet been publicly published by IJoRCE.

A Withdrawal request may be submitted in writing by any Author and must include a clear reason for the request.

Before processing the request, IJoRCE may seek clarification, confirmation, or approval from all Authors where appropriate, particularly when the manuscript has entered peer review, revision, acceptance, copyediting, layout, proofreading, or production, or where the Withdrawal may affect the rights or responsibilities of other Authors.

Submission of a Withdrawal request does not automatically result in Withdrawal. The request remains subject to editorial assessment and applicable publication ethics requirements.

An administrative processing charge may apply to an Author-initiated Withdrawal request after substantial editorial, peer-review, administrative, technical, or production work has been performed. The applicable charge may be up to a maximum of IDR 900,000 per request and will not exceed the journal's Article Publication Fee (APC).

The charge is intended to cover part of the resources already expended by the journal and does not constitute payment for approval of the Withdrawal. Withdrawal required because of verified scientific, ethical, legal, authorship, or research-integrity concerns may be processed without charge following editorial assessment.

Withdrawal because the same manuscript has been submitted to or accepted by another journal may constitute a breach of publication ethics and will be handled in accordance with the Research Misconduct and Post-Publication Policy. Any applicable administrative charge relates to work already performed by the journal and does not replace any editorial or ethical action that may be required.

Post-Publication Administrative Changes

Once an article has been publicly published as Article in Press, Online First, Ahead of Print, or the Version of Record, it is no longer normally handled through Manuscript Withdrawal.

Significant issues identified after publication are handled through the appropriate post-publication mechanism, which may include Correction, Erratum, Corrigendum, Expression of Concern, Retraction, Article Removal, or Article Replacement, according to the Research Misconduct and Post-Publication Policy.

An administrative processing charge of up to IDR 900,000 per request may apply to Author-requested post-publication changes that require substantial administrative, editorial, technical, metadata, or production work and are not required because of an error by the journal or Publisher or because of an ethical, legal, scientific, authorship, research-integrity, or scholarly-record concern.

Such requests may include, where approved by the Editor, an Author-requested Correction or Corrigendum, significant metadata changes, file-related changes, authorship-related administrative changes, or Article Replacement.

The administrative processing charge is intended to cover part of the additional editorial, administrative, technical, metadata, or production work required to assess, document, process, and implement the requested change. Payment of the charge does not create an entitlement to the requested change.

All post-publication requests remain subject to editorial assessment, publication ethics, applicable journal policies, and protection of the scholarly record.

Integrity-Related Post-Publication Actions

Fees or payment status must never determine whether an Expression of Concern, Retraction, Article Removal, Article Replacement, Correction, or other action necessary to protect the scholarly record is issued or implemented.

Where a Retraction or other post-publication action is required because of verified research or publication misconduct, ethical concerns, legal concerns, unreliable findings, serious scientific errors, authorship misconduct, or other research-integrity concerns, IJoRCE may take the appropriate editorial action regardless of whether an Author agrees to or pays any administrative charge.

Corrections or other actions required because of errors made by the journal or Publisher, or because of ethical, legal, scientific, authorship, research-integrity, or scholarly-record concerns, may be processed without charge following editorial assessment.

Where misconduct or another breach of publication ethics has occurred, any applicable administrative charge is separate from and does not replace the editorial or ethical consequences of that breach. Appropriate action may be taken in accordance with the journal's Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement and Research Misconduct and Post-Publication Policy.

Payment status must never prevent IJoRCE from taking an action necessary to maintain the accuracy, reliability, transparency, or integrity of the scholarly record.

Subscription Fee

IJoRCE is a fully open-access journal that provides immediate and unrestricted access to its published content in accordance with the applicable journal license and policies.

IJoRCE does not charge subscription fees to readers.

Journal Funding and Other Revenue

IJoRCE is independently managed and published by PT Mitra Edukasi dan Publikasi.

The journal's regular operational expenses are primarily supported by Submission Fees, Article Publication Fees, Fast-Track Review fees, proofreading or other optional services, and applicable administrative or production charges described in this policy.

The journal does not receive regular financial support from a government institution or other institutional sponsor for its routine publication operations.

Authors, funders, sponsors, service users, the Publisher, and other financial contributors do not have influence over individual editorial decisions. Publication decisions are made independently by the Editorial Team based on scholarly quality, peer-review results, editorial assessment, publication ethics, and applicable journal policies.

Financial arrangements, revenue sources, commercial considerations, sponsorship, or payment status must remain separate from editorial decision-making.

Journal Advertising

IJoRCE does not accept commercial advertising in any form.

Advertising or commercial interests must not influence editorial policies, Reviewer selection, editorial decisions, published content, or the presentation of scholarly material.

Direct Marketing and Manuscript Solicitation

IJoRCE may conduct responsible direct marketing activities, including Calls for Papers, journal announcements, and manuscript invitations, to communicate with researchers whose scholarly interests may be relevant to the journal's Focus and Scope.

Direct marketing and manuscript solicitation must be appropriate, targeted, professional, and based on accurate information about the journal, its Publisher, scope, indexing status, publication fees, peer-review process, services, and publication practices.

Marketing communications must not contain misleading claims, guarantee manuscript acceptance, guarantee publication, guarantee issuance of a Letter of Acceptance (LoA), misrepresent the journal's indexing or accreditation status, or otherwise imply that payment or solicitation provides preferential editorial treatment.

Recipients should be provided with a reasonable means to decline or unsubscribe from future promotional communications where applicable.

Editorial Independence from Financial and Commercial Matters

All financial and commercial activities described in this policy are separate from the journal's editorial decision-making.

Payment, non-payment, fee waiver, revenue source, Fast-Track participation, proofreading service, Withdrawal charge, post-publication administrative charge, marketing activity, or any other financial matter must not determine Reviewer recommendations, acceptance, rejection, Correction, Retraction, or any other editorial or publication-ethics decision.

Further information concerning editorial independence is provided in the Editorial Independence Statement.

Related Policies

Policy Review

IJoRCE may periodically review and revise this policy in response to changes in publication costs, journal services, operational requirements, publication ethics standards, legal or regulatory requirements, or relevant scholarly publishing best practices.

Any change to publication fees or financial provisions will be communicated transparently through the journal website. Authors will be informed of any applicable fee before payment is required. The applicable fee is determined according to the policy in effect at the relevant stage of manuscript processing, unless otherwise determined by the journal.