Updated: 1 April 2025

Article Processing Charges (APCs)

The Advanced Journal of Biomedicine & Medicine (AJBM) applies an Article Processing Charge (APC) only after an article is accepted for publication.
The APC covers all costs related to editorial management, peer-review administration, professional copyediting, production, online hosting, indexing submission, long-term archiving, and platform maintenance.

APC Schedule (in USD)

No other fees are charged.
AJBM does not impose submission fees, page charges, or color figure fees.

What the APC Covers

• Editorial and plagiarism screening, and management of double-blind peer review

• Professional language editing, copyediting, and typesetting (PDF and HTML)

• DOI registration through Crossref

• Long-term digital preservation (Portico participation)

• Article hosting, indexing submissions, and metadata deposit to repositories

Waiver & Discount Policy

AJBM supports equitable open access and ensures that the ability to pay does not influence editorial decisions.

Automatic waivers are applied according to the author’s country classification by Research4Life:

• 100% waiver for authors affiliated with institutions in Group A countries

• 50% waiver for authors from Group B countries

If your country or institution is not listed under Research4Life and funding is unavailable, authors may request a case-by-case waiver or discount before acceptance by emailing editor@ajbm.net with a short justification.

Waiver requests after acceptance cannot be considered.

Who May Pay the APC

The APC may be paid by:

• The corresponding author

• The author’s institution, research funder, or project grant

Payment instructions are issued upon acceptance and before publication.

Refund Policy

Once an article is accepted and an invoice is issued, the APC becomes due.
Refunds are possible only in the following cases:

1. Duplicate or excess payment – overpaid amounts refunded within 30 days (bank fees may apply).

2. Editorial withdrawal prior to publication caused by a journal-side error – full refund.

If an article is retracted for author misconduct or policy violations, the APC is non-refundable.

Transparency and Ethical Notes

• Editorial decisions are independent of an author’s ability to pay.

• Waiver criteria and APC amounts are public and uniformly applied.

• AJBM follows COPE Core Practices and ICMJE Recommendations for ethics, authorship, conflicts of interest, data transparency, and retraction procedures.

Countries with Full (100%) APC Waiver

(Automatic by Research4Life Group A classification — updated list available at research4life.org)
Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cabo Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cook Islands, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, DPR Korea, DR Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Lao PDR, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Republic of Moldova, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Suriname, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Countries with Partial (50%) APC Waiver

BM-Publisher provides an automatic 50% reduction for manuscripts where the corresponding author is affiliated with institutions in Research4Life Group B countries:

Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Gabon, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, West Bank and Gaza, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritius, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Palau, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Serbia, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam.

Privacy Policy

The Advanced Journal of Biomedicine & Medicine protects the confidentiality of all personal data received during submission, review, and publication processes.
Information is used solely for editorial and publication purposes and is never shared, sold, or redistributed to third parties.