Specific Guidelines


Agriculture, Environmental and Allied Sciences

Journal of Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences

Journal of Ecology, Ecosystems and Ecophysiology

Journal of Forestry, Horticulture, and Soil Science

Journal of Fisheries, Poultry and Wildlife Sciences

Journal of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Science

Journal of Environmental Science, Policy and Planning


Engineering, Computer Science and Architecture

Journal of Engineering, Computing and Architecture

Journal of Mechanical, Aerospace and Industrial Engineering

Journal of Biomechanics, Biomedical and Biophysical Engineering

Journal of Chemical, Biochemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Journal of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering

Journal of Computer Science, Informatics and Electrical Engineering

Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics

Journal of Petroleum and Geosystems Science and Engineering


Business and Allied Fields

Journal of Business & Public Affairs

Journal of Economics, Banking and Finance

Journal of Management and Management Information System

Journal of Accounting, Taxation and Performance Evaluation

Journal of Advertising, Public Relations and Marketing

Journal of Leadership, Management & Organizational Studies

Journal of Entrepreneurship & Entrepreneurial Leadership

Journal of Tourism, Travel and Hospitality


Education, Humanities and Social Sciences

Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences

Journal of Education & Human Development

Journal of Creative Work

Journal of Literature, Language and Linguistics

Journal of Sports & Recreation Research and Education

Journal of Law, Ethics and Intellectual Property

Micro Journal of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies

Micro Journal of Folklore and Folkloristics

Micro Journal of Archeology, History and Anthropology

Micro Journal of Interpersonal, Intercultural and Mass Communication

Micro Journal of Public Affairs, Administration and Management

Micro Journal of Sociology, Social Work and Social Welfare

Micro Journal of Music Theory, Practice and Education

Micro Journal of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies

Micro Journal of Economics, Banking and Finance

Micro Journal of Geography and Geospatial Information Science

Micro Journal of Political Science, Government and Politics

Micro Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice Research and Education

Micro Journal of Speech and Hearing Research and Education

Micro Journal of Management and Management Information System

Micro Journal of Accounting, Taxation and Performance Evaluation

Micro Journal of Advertising, Public Relations and Marketing

Micro Journal of Veterinary and Zoological Research and Education

Micro Journal of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences

Micro Journal of Mechanical, Aerospace and Industrial Engineering

Micro Journal of Biomechanics, Biomedical and Biophysical Engineering

Micro Journal of Chemical, Biochemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Micro Journal of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering

Micro Journal of Computer Science, Informatics and Electrical Engineering

Micro Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics

Micro Journal of Petroleum and Geosystems Science and Engineering

Micro Journal of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Micro Journal of Physics, Astrophysics and Physical Cosmology

Micro Journal of Geology, Geophysics and Geosystems

Micro Journal of Pharmacy, Pharmacology and Toxicology

Micro Journal of Biology, Biological Systems and Bioinformatics

Micro Journal of Ecology, Ecosystems and Ecophysiology

Micro Journal of Forestry, Horticulture and Soil Science

Micro Journal of Fisheries, Poultry and Wildlife Sciences

Micro Journal of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Science

Micro Journal of Environmental Science, Policy and Planning


If you wish to suggest that we launch a new journal in a particular field that is not covered by our existing journals, please complete and submit the form Here. 
 

Why We Charge a Processing Fee

Like other open-access journals, our peer-reviewed journals provide free online access to full text articles. We do not charge subscription fees to readers or libraries.  We cover the costs through article processing fees. We concur with other open-access journals that immediate, barrier-free, open access to the full text of research articles is in the best interests of the scientific community. The more widely and freely accessible the information is, the greater its value to scholars and the public. Open access to research literature allows scientists, educators, students and the general public to read about the latest scientific and academic developments as soon as they are published. All of our open-access journals are immediately available free of charge to all Internet users from around the world.  Please read the section on The Open-Access Movement in our home page.

The processing fee keeps us alive. It costs money to maintain our offices, staff, databases, servers, electronic peer review systems, file transfer mechanisms, file workflow management, and the like. If an organization cannot generate sufficient revenues to pay its bills, it will not be able to sustain its operation and consequently, will have to close down its services.

As a small part of the cost of providing this service—the authors, universities, or funding agencies can pay a small processing fee to help cover the actual cost of the publication process. Many funding agencies, authors and institutions now support this view and are willing to help in the open-access publication process.

According to surveys carried out by BioMed Central in 2005, many funding agencies are willing to fund article processing charges (http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/authors/funderpolicies/).
A recent survey of authors in the Proceedings of National Academy of Science (PNAS) found that nearly 50% of PNAS authors expressed a willingness to pay an “open-access surcharge” of $500 or more to make their papers available for free online immediately upon publication. This is above and beyond the $1,700 in page charges that the average PNAS author already pays (report available at http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/101/5/1111).

BioMed Central's processing fee ranges from $495 to $2365 for its various journals (http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/authors/apcfaq).  Public Library of Science (PLoS) charges from $1250 to $2,500 for processing an article for its numerous journals (http://www.plos.org/journals/pubfees.html). Some journals charge $20 to $150 per page for processing an article. NAR charges $1900 per article for non-members. PNAS charges an average of $1,500 for processing an article. Optics Express charges $450 for articles six pages and under, and $800 for articles over six pages.

For large publishers, such processing fee is necessary to cover the cost of producing an article.  According to Wellcome Trust studies, an article production cost in the subscription model is estimated to be $2,750. The equivalent cost under the processing fee model is estimated to be $1,950, a saving of 30% on the costs, and a saving of 90% when the variable costs are compared (Details Available Here).

However, SJI is a small publisher that does not have huge overhead and operating costs,  and therefore is able to maintain a very low processing fee. Moreover, unlike some traditional and online journals, we do not charge a submission fee for reviewing a manuscript for publication consideration.

An increasing number of funding agencies now allow direct use of their grants by researchers to cover article-processing fees. The following is a partial list.

National Institutes of Health (US)
National Science Foundation (US)
Natural Environment Research Council (UK)
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Canada)
Rockefeller Foundation (US)
Wellcome Trust (UK)
California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (US)
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (Spain)
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy)
Danmarks Grundforskningsfond (Denmark)
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Germany)
FAPESP (Brazil)
Fondazione Telethon (Italy)
Fonds zur Forderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Austria)
Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Belgium)
Health Research Board (Ireland)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
Indian Council of Medical Research (India)
INSERM (France)
International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (International)
Israel Science Foundation (Israel)
Max Planck Society (Germany)
Medical Research Council (UK)
National Health Service (UK)
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Netherlands)
South African Medical Research Council (South Africa)
Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (Sweden)
Swedish Research Council (Sweden)
Swiss National Science Foundation (Switzerland)
Academy of Finland (Finland)
BIOTEC (Thailand)