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Publication Charges
Biomedical Research and Reviews is an Open Access journal and we do not charge the end user when accessing a manuscript or any article. This allows the scientific community to view, download, distribution
of an article in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited, under the term of "Creative Commons Attribution License". In line with other open access journals we provide a flat fee
submission structure on the acceptance of a peer-reviewed article which covers in part the entirety of the publication pathway (the article processing charge). The process includes our maintenance, submission
and peer review systems and international editing, publication and submission to global indexing and tracking organisations and archiving to allow instant access to the whole article and associated supplementary
documents. We also have to ensure enough investment to secure a sustainable model which ethically, legally and financially stable.
The publication charges for Biomedical Research and Reviews are USD 1380.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Why are your charges set at these levels?
All articles published in OA Text are open access. Open Access publishing implies that all readers, anywhere in the world, are allowed unrestricted to full text of articles, immediately on publication in OA Text
Journals. The Article Publication Charges pay for the editorial and production costs of the journal, for hosting the website, publishing articles online, preparing HTML , PDF and XML versions of the articles
and submitting the articles in electronic citation database like CrossRef.
Our financial goals are to:
- Recover capitalization costs;
- Produce sufficient revenue to allow for a sustainable and scalable publishing program, under continuous development;
- Bend the publication-charge cost downward over time.
Who will pay the APC?
Corresponding author or Co-authors has to make the payment on acceptance of the article.
When should I pay?
Corresponding author or the paying institutions should arrange for the payment once they are notified regarding acceptance of the article. APC is exempted for cases in which a wavier agreement has been made in-prior
to submission.
*We request an immediate attention towards the payment as the articles will not be published unless the charges have been paid.
How do I pay?
Authors or institutions can make payments by two modes as per their convenience.
- Wire/Bank transfer
- Card payment
Note: No taxes are included in this charge, taxes will be applicable as per the policies of the country of the payee. Additional transaction charges may be levied on the author.
Can I be eligible for wavier on APC?
The waiver request will be considered on a case-by-case basis, and will be provided accordingly.
*The Waiver requests must be made during the submission process and will not be accepted after processing of the manuscript.
Do I have to pay if my manuscript is rejected?
No, Article processing charges will not be applicable for articles rejected by the Editorial office.
Withdrawal Charges
Are reprints of my article included in the article processing charges (APCs)?
No, Article processing charges (APCs) do not include the charges for the reprints. Reprints facility is optional and should be order separately.
Dr. Jin-Wen Xu graduated from Harbin Medical University in China in 1983, and then went to Japan where he studied life sciences and earned a master's
degree at Waseda University, studied molecular and cellular medicine at Tokyo Medical Dental University, and earned a Ph.D in March 2001. During this period, there is a great interest in the molecular mechanisms
of inflammation and cardiovascular disease. Later Dr. Jin-Wen Xu went to Kyoto University engaged in postdoctoral work, involving the pathophysiology of hypertension and spontaneous hypertensive rats, during which
time Dr. Xu also involved in cellular senescence. Jin-Wen Xu went to work in the School of Human Environmental Science, Research Center for Life-Style Related Diseases, and Department of Pathophysiology at School
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wakagawa Women's University in Japan, as an assistant professor until he came back to China.