Article Processing Charge

Journal of Language and Research (JOLARS)
Article Processing Charge (APC)

The Journal of Language and Research (JOLARS) is committed to supporting accessible scholarly communication and providing opportunities for researchers to publish their work without financial barriers.

1. No Article Processing Charge

Indonesian Journal of Language and Tourism Studies (IJLTS) does not charge an Article Processing Charge (APC).

Authors are not required to pay any publication fee for manuscripts that are submitted, reviewed, accepted, or published in the journal.

APC: FREE

There are no charges for:

Manuscript submission;
Editorial screening;
Peer review;
Manuscript revision;
Article acceptance;
Article publication;
Online publication;
DOI registration, where applicable;
Basic article hosting and access.
2. No Submission Fee

IJLTS does not charge authors a submission fee.

Authors may submit manuscripts through the journal's official submission system without any initial payment.

3. No Hidden Publication Fees

The journal does not impose hidden publication charges on authors.

Any exceptional costs that may arise from services outside the journal's standard publication process, if applicable, will be communicated transparently to the authors before any financial commitment is required.

4. Editorial Independence

The absence of an APC does not affect the editorial or peer-review process.

All manuscripts are evaluated based on:

Relevance to the journal's scope;
Originality;
Academic quality;
Methodological rigor;
Scholarly contribution;
Publication ethics.

Payment or financial considerations do not influence editorial decisions because the journal does not charge authors an APC.

5. Open Access

IJLTS supports open access to scholarly knowledge. Published articles are made available online for readers without requiring a subscription or payment, subject to the journal's applicable copyright and licensing policy.

6. Policy Statement

The journal's APC policy can be summarized as follows:

Article Processing Charge (APC): FREE
Submission Fee: FREE
Publication Fee: FREE
Peer Review Fee: FREE

IJLTS is committed to maintaining a transparent, ethical, and accessible publication process for authors and readers.