Publishing charges
Article Processing Charges
One charge of USD 1,800 for every article type, payable only after a manuscript has been accepted. Withdrawal terms are set out below.
The journal is open access: every article is free to read on publication, with no subscription and no reader charge. The article processing charge is what makes that possible.
The charge falls due only after acceptance, and editorial decisions are reached independently of it. Withdrawal terms are set out below.
The journal
- Published by
- Open Access Pub
- ISSN
- 2641-9181
- Short code
- IJNR
- Access
- Open access, CC BY 4.0
- Article processing charge
- USD 1,800 for all article types
The charge
The charge for each article type
The journal accepts four article types, and the article processing charge is USD 1,800 for each of them. It is the only publication charge the journal levies; the withdrawal charge set out below is separate.
Original Research
Experimental, observational or computational studies reporting negative, null, non-confirmatory or inconclusive findings, including unsuccessful replications.
USD 1,800
per accepted article
Review Article
Systematic reviews, meta-analyses and critical evidence syntheses addressing negative findings, reproducibility or publication bias.
USD 1,800
per accepted article
Methods and Tools
Evidence-supported evaluations documenting methodological limitations, unsuccessful approaches or tools that fail to achieve their intended performance.
USD 1,800
per accepted article
Short Communication
Concise reports of complete, well-supported negative or null findings with sufficient methodological detail.
USD 1,800
per accepted article
Terms
What authors pay, and when
The same terms apply to every article type.
At submission
Submission and peer review are free of charge, whatever the editorial decision. The only charge that can arise before acceptance is the withdrawal charge, under the terms of the withdrawal policy below.
After acceptance
An invoice is issued once a manuscript is accepted and is sent to the corresponding author or the institutional billing contact, with the reference details a finance office needs. Production begins once payment is confirmed.
Editorial separation
Editorial decisions are based on scope, scientific quality, methodological rigor, ethical compliance, reporting quality, and relevance to the journal.
Billing is handled separately from editorial assessment, and payment status is withheld from editors.
Peer review
Single-blind by default; double-blind review is available on request. Manuscripts that proceed to external peer review are normally evaluated by at least two independent subject-matter experts.
The review model, the choice of reviewers and the handling a manuscript receives are independent of the charge and of payment status.
What it supports
Where the charge goes
The charge covers the work between an accepted manuscript and a permanent, openly available article of record.
Editorial management
Coordinating screening, reviewer selection, correspondence and the decision process for each manuscript.
Production
Copyediting, layout, figure handling, and preparation of the full-text formats the article is published in.
Identifiers and metadata
Assigning a DOI, validating and depositing structured metadata, and maintaining the article record over time.
Hosting and preservation
Keeping the article available on the journal platform and committing content to the Portico preservation archive.
Withdrawal
If a manuscript is withdrawn
The publisher’s withdrawal policy applies to every journal and is reproduced here in full.
Authors should contact the editorial office promptly and wait for written confirmation before submitting the work elsewhere.
Manuscripts withdrawn within 3 days of submission are not subject to a withdrawal charge.
Manuscripts withdrawn more than 3 days after submission incur a withdrawal charge equal to 30% of the journal's APC.
Authors must receive official withdrawal confirmation before submitting the manuscript to another journal.
For IJNR, 30% of the APC amounts to USD 540.
Funding
Paying the charge
The charge can be paid from a research grant or an institutional fund. The editorial office can supply the invoice and payment documentation a funder or finance office requires.
Grant budgets
Publication charges are an eligible expense under many funders. Share grant identifiers, funding statements and any open-access mandate early, and invoices and payment confirmations are provided for grant reporting.
Institutional funds
A library or research office can be invoiced directly. Supplying the billing contact before acceptance avoids delays.
Membership
Individual, student and institutional membership arrangements are described on the Membership page.
Limited funding
Authors working without a publication budget are invited to contact the editorial office at [email protected] before acceptance. Any reduction is agreed separately from the editorial assessment.
Next steps
Before you submit
Author requirements are on Instructions for Authors, and the full review and ethics framework on Editorial Policies.
Questions about charges, invoicing or documentation can be sent to the editorial office at [email protected].
Submission routes
Primary route
Alternative route
Assisted route
Authors must use only one submission route for the same manuscript.