Publication Page Charge Policy

IPR Publication Page Charge Policy

(updated April 2017)

1) Publication charges will be paid only for those articles which have been routed through       the Publication committee, and approved by the Director

2) The main communication author should be from IPR, or he/she must have been affiliated    to IPR in the past (as Research Scholar, Post Doc) when the work was carried out/

   initiated.

3) Authors must adhere to the page limit set by the publisher and avoid payment of excess

   page charges by IPR. In exceptional cases (answering referee queries etc.,) excess page

   charges for one/two pages may be permitted provided the author discusses the        

   circumstances with the library committee prior to the final submission. Repeated

   indulgence by same authors for excess page payment will not be permitted.

4) Waiver of charges for all publications should be sought from publishers as far as

   possible.

5) Color figures/images in print journals incurring additional charges will not be permitted

   irrespective of the impact factor of the journal.

6) Payment for publishing articles in open access journals will be permitted only for high

   impact factor journals (>3) and library committee needs to be informed about the same

   prior to submission.