Article Processing Charges - APC

Article Processing Charges - APC

Publication Fee Policy

Transparent publication fees

The Journal of Biomedical & Space Sciences (JBSS) maintains a transparent Article Processing Charge policy. No payment is required during submission, editorial screening, or peer review.

No submission fee Payment only after acceptance Independent peer review

When is the APC charged?

An Article Processing Charge is applied only after a manuscript has been formally accepted for publication following peer review and editorial evaluation.

APC rates

Publication fees

PIX payments

Authors based in Brazil

Base APC

R$ 50.00

per accepted article

  • The base APC applies to manuscripts with up to 12 authors.
  • For manuscripts with more than 12 authors, an additional R$ 20.00 per author applies to each author exceeding the first 12 authors.
  • Manuscripts with more than 20 authors are not accepted.
Payment instructions are sent to the corresponding author only after formal acceptance.

Payments outside Brazil

International authors

USD

$20.00

EUR

€20.00

For payments made from outside Brazil, the APC is:

  • USD 20.00 per accepted article; or
  • EUR 20.00 per accepted article.
The applicable currency and payment instructions will be provided to the corresponding author after acceptance.

How it works

Payment process

Payment is requested only after the corresponding author receives the journal’s official acceptance decision.

1

Editorial decision

The manuscript completes editorial evaluation and peer review.

2

Formal acceptance

The corresponding author receives the official acceptance decision.

3

Payment instructions

The journal provides the applicable amount, currency, and payment instructions.

Editorial independence

Payment does not influence editorial decisions

The existence or payment of an APC has no influence on the evaluation, selection, or publication priority of a manuscript.

Payment does not influence:

  • the peer-review process;
  • editorial decisions;
  • reviewer selection;
  • manuscript acceptance;
  • publication priority.
All editorial decisions are based exclusively on the academic quality, originality, ethical compliance, and relevance of the manuscript.

Published articles

Post-publication changes

Author-requested changes or updates after publication may be subject to an administrative fee of:

R$ 35.00

for payments made in Brazil

Corrections required because of an editorial or production error caused by the journal will be made without charge.

Requests involving corrections, retractions, expressions of concern, or other matters of research integrity will be handled according to the journal’s editorial and publication ethics policies.

Financial policy

Refund policy

APCs are normally non-refundable after the article has been published and assigned a DOI.

If publication cannot be completed because of a technical or editorial issue attributable to the journal, the case will be evaluated individually.

Transparency commitment

Acceptance is never guaranteed by payment

The existence or payment of an APC does not guarantee manuscript acceptance. All submissions must complete the journal’s editorial evaluation and peer-review process.

Authors will never be asked to pay an APC before receiving a formal acceptance decision.