APC

The manuscript submitted to JOCPD is required to pay $1500 for Article Processing Charge (APC) after it has been accepted for publication. There are no submission charges.

APC mainly go forward defraying the costs of:

For making the article Open Access

JOCPD website construction

Online submission & peer review system

Article layout

Third party (Crossref etc.) payment

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A 30% discount is available for all types of articles whenever the manuscript is invited by the Editor-in-Chief, an editorial board member or the Guest editor.

All papers from the members of the partner society/association of the journal will enjoy 20%-40% discount on APC.

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