Financial Policies
| Last update: 2020/02/18 |
Article Processing Charges (APC)
Subscription Policy
Advertising Policy
Funding
Waiver Policy
The Journal of Sport Biomechanics does not charge any fee for manuscript submission.
An Article Processing Charge (APC) is payable only after a manuscript has been accepted for publication through the journal's editorial evaluation and double-blind peer-review process.
The current APC policy is as follows:
• Authors whose primary affiliation is with an institution in Iran are required to pay an Article Processing Charge (APC) of 30,000,000 Iranian Rials (equivalent to 3,000,000 Tomans) for each accepted manuscript.
• Authors whose primary affiliation is with institutions outside Iran are exempt from Article Processing Charges. For accepted English-language manuscripts submitted by international authors, the journal prepares and publishes the Persian version of the article without any additional charge to the authors.
The APC contributes to supporting editorial management, manuscript processing, copyediting, production, online publication, DOI registration, long-term archiving, and other publication-related services.
Payment or waiver of the APC has no influence on the editorial evaluation, peer-review process, or the final publication decision. Editorial decisions are made solely on the basis of the scientific quality, originality, and relevance of the submitted manuscript.
An Article Processing Charge (APC) is payable only after a manuscript has been accepted for publication through the journal's editorial evaluation and double-blind peer-review process.
The current APC policy is as follows:
• Authors whose primary affiliation is with an institution in Iran are required to pay an Article Processing Charge (APC) of 30,000,000 Iranian Rials (equivalent to 3,000,000 Tomans) for each accepted manuscript.
• Authors whose primary affiliation is with institutions outside Iran are exempt from Article Processing Charges. For accepted English-language manuscripts submitted by international authors, the journal prepares and publishes the Persian version of the article without any additional charge to the authors.
The APC contributes to supporting editorial management, manuscript processing, copyediting, production, online publication, DOI registration, long-term archiving, and other publication-related services.
Payment or waiver of the APC has no influence on the editorial evaluation, peer-review process, or the final publication decision. Editorial decisions are made solely on the basis of the scientific quality, originality, and relevance of the submitted manuscript.
Subscription Policy
The Journal of Sport Biomechanics is a fully Open Access journal. All published articles are freely and permanently available online immediately upon publication. Readers are not required to pay any subscription or access fee to read, download, copy, distribute, or share published articles.
Advertising Policy
The Journal of Sport Biomechanics does not accept or publish commercial advertisements on its website or within its published articles. Editorial decisions are made independently and are not influenced by commercial, financial, or advertising interests.
Funding
The Journal of Sport Biomechanics is owned and published by Islamic Azad University, Hamedan Branch, Iran. The journal receives institutional support from the university for its publishing activities. Editorial decisions are made independently by the Editor-in-Chief in accordance with the journal's Editorial Independence Policy and are not influenced by the publisher or any financial considerations.
Waiver Policy
At present, Article Processing Charges are waived for authors whose primary affiliation is with institutions outside Iran. Any future changes to the waiver policy will be announced on the journal website before implementation.
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Journal of Sport Biomechanics
Department of Sport Biomechanics, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan Branch, Prof. Mousivand Blvd, Imam Khomeini Blvd, Hamedan, Iran.
Journal Tel: +98 81 34494042
Website: http://biomechanics.iauh.ac.ir
Email: sportbiomechanics@iauh.ac.ir
