Article Processing Charge

Open access and article processing charges

The Journal of Economic Development and Village Building (JEDVB) is a fully open-access journal. All published articles are freely and permanently available to read, download, and share, with no subscription or pay-per-view fees for readers. Because the journal earns no subscription income, the editorial and production costs of each article, peer-review management, editing, typesetting, DOI registration, online hosting, and long-term digital preservation, are recovered through an Article Processing Charge (APC).

Fees

  • Submission fee: none. Submitting a manuscript is free of charge.
  • Article Processing Charge: IDR 2,000,000 (approximately USD 119), payable only after a manuscript has completed peer review and been formally accepted for publication.

The APC is a fixed amount. It is the same for every accepted article and does not vary with the length, subject, or assessed quality of the manuscript.

When and how the APC is paid

The APC is requested only after the editor issues a formal acceptance decision based on the peer reviewers' recommendations. Authors are notified of the payment procedure at that stage. Payment has no bearing on editorial decisions: acceptance, revision, and rejection are determined solely by peer review and editorial judgment of scholarly merit, entirely independent of a manuscript's fee or waiver status. If a manuscript is rejected, no charge applies.

Fee waivers and discounts

JEDVB is committed to keeping publication accessible to researchers regardless of their financial circumstances, and to encouraging international scholarly participation in the journal. Partial or full waivers of the APC are therefore available on a discretionary basis. Requests are considered on grounds such as:

  • Limited access to institutional or research funding to cover publication costs;
  • Authorship from lower-income and developing economies; and
  • The journal's aim of broadening the international diversity of its contributors.

To request a waiver, authors should contact the editorial office at the time of submission, before the review process begins. Waiver decisions are made by the editorial office and are based solely on the criteria above. They are determined separately from, and have no influence on, the peer-review and acceptance process; a waiver never increases or decreases a manuscript's likelihood of acceptance, and the quality assessment of every manuscript is identical whether or not a fee is paid.

Payments

The journal does not receive payments directly into personal or institutional bank accounts; all APC payments are handled through the journal's designated payment channel. Authors will receive a receipt for any charge paid.