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Article Processing Charges (Overview)
The TEJAS Journal of Technologies and Humanitarian Science (TJTHS) operates as an open-access journal. An Article Processing Charge (APC) is payable only after a manuscript has completed peer review and received formal editorial acceptance.
The APC supports editorial administration, peer-review coordination, publication production, DOI registration, metadata management, and online dissemination.
No payment is required during manuscript submission or peer review. Editorial decisions are based on scholarly merit, research integrity, and suitability for the journal, independently of payment or waiver status.
The APC is charged per article, not per author. Authors should contact the Administrative Office at admin@tejasjournals.com to confirm the applicable billing currency before arranging payment. Any applicable taxes or transaction-related charges will be disclosed before payment is requested.
There are no submission fees, per-page charges, colour-figure fees, or annual membership fees.
What the APC Supports
The APC contributes towards:
- Editorial administration and coordination of double-blind peer review.
- DOI registration through Crossref and associated metadata management.
- Basic template layout alignment and final PDF preparation.
- Immediate open-access publication of accepted articles.
- Online hosting and maintenance of published content.
- Plagiarism-screening and publishing infrastructure.
- Routine server backups and website security maintenance (note: independent third-party digital preservation is not currently billed under the APC, as detailed in our Digital Archiving Policy).
Note: DOI registration, website hosting, backups, and independent long-term preservation serve different purposes. The journal’s current arrangements are described in its Digital Archiving Policy.
Payment Terms and Methods
Payment After Acceptance: Payment is requested only after the manuscript has completed peer review and received formal editorial acceptance. Authors should not make payment before receiving an official acceptance notification and payment instructions.
Supported Payment Methods: Payment may be made through the methods specified in the journal’s official payment instructions, including:
- Bank transfer through NEFT, IMPS, or RTGS.
- UPI.
- Credit or debit cards.
- Online payment gateways.
Invoice and Receipt: An official invoice will specify the amount payable. A payment acknowledgment receipt will be issued after the payment has been confirmed. Authors should use only the payment details provided through the journal’s official communication channels.
Payment Inquiries: For invoice, payment, or billing inquiries, contact Administrative Office at admin@tejasjournals.com. For manuscript or editorial inquiries, contact Editorial Office at editor@tejasjournals.com.
Refund Policy
- No Charges Before Acceptance: No fee is collected during submission or peer review. Consequently, no APC refund is applicable to manuscripts rejected or withdrawn before payment.
- After Publication: The APC is non-refundable once the article has been formatted, finalised, and published online.
- Cancellation by the Journal for Operational Reasons: A full APC refund will be provided if the journal cancels publication of an accepted and paid manuscript before publication because of internal technical or operational issues.
- Duplicate Payments and Overpayments: Verified duplicate payments and excess amounts paid in error will be refunded. Authors should provide the manuscript reference, payment receipt, transaction reference, and details of the issue when contacting the Administrative Office.
- Withdrawal After Payment but Before Publication: Authors considering withdrawal after payment but before publication should contact admin@tejasjournals.com. The applicable refund conditions must be confirmed in writing before payment is made.
- Refund Requests: Refund requests should be sent to admin@tejasjournals.com with sufficient information to identify the manuscript and transaction. The Administrative Office will communicate the expected processing timeline.
APC Waiver Policy
TJTHS considers partial or full APC waivers for authors experiencing financial constraints.
Eligibility: Waiver requests may be considered for:
- Corresponding authors based in low-income or lower-middle-income countries.
- Unfunded students.
- Early-career researchers with limited financial support.
- Authors with documented institutional or personal financial constraints affecting their ability to pay the APC.
Eligibility does not guarantee approval. The amount of any waiver will be communicated in writing.
How to Apply: Authors must request a waiver at the time of initial manuscript submission by contacting admin@tejasjournals.com. The request should include manuscript title, submission reference, corresponding author's details, explanation of financial need, and funding status. Requests submitted after completion of peer review will not be processed.
Editorial Independence: Waiver assessment is separate from the editorial and peer-review evaluation. An author’s ability to pay, application for a waiver, or waiver outcome does not influence manuscript acceptance.