Procedure for Payment of Editorial Expenses and Publication Terms

1. Basic Terms

1.1. Publication of articles in the journal is free of charge. No fees are charged for manuscript submission, peer review, or access to journal issues.

1.2. To cover current editorial costs (technical support, plagiarism/originality checks, website hosting, metadata processing, etc.), authors are required to reimburse editorial expenses in the amount of 20,000 (Twenty Thousand) Russian Rubles per article, for manuscripts of standard length (full text, including all technical components):

  •  Original article — from 30,000 to 45,000 characters including spaces;
  •  Review article — up to 60,000 characters including spaces.

2. Payment Procedure and Deadlines

2.1. Payment shall be made only after a positive decision has been received from the reviewers and the Editorial Board regarding the acceptance of the article for publication.

2.2. Editorial expenses paid by the author following a positive decision by the Editorial Board are non-refundable, except in cases where the journal is unable to publish the article due to its own fault (technical failure, accidental loss of materials, etc.).

2.3. Withdrawal of the article by the author after the acceptance decision does not constitute grounds for a refund of the paid amount.

3. Discount Categories for Authors

3.1. If the authors or co-authors of an article are students or postgraduate students (PhD candidates), a fixed discount of 15% on editorial expenses shall be applied per article (subject to submission of a supporting document).

3.2. Employees of the Institute of Immunology and Physiology, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (the journal’s founder) are exempt from editorial expenses in proportion to their contribution to the author team.

4. Special Publication Conditions

4.1. In the case of expedited publication, the editorial expenses shall be increased by 50%. The manuscript shall still undergo the full peer-review process.

4.2. If the manuscript exceeds the recommended length, the fee shall be increased by 5% for each additional 5,000 characters (including spaces) beyond the established limit. 

 
 
 
 

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