Article Processing Charges

All articles published in Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology (JPAM) are immediately open access and subject to an article processing charge (APC) upon acceptance.

Article Processing Charge (APC) for authors affiliated with
Indian Institutions/Universities (when all the authors are affiliated with Indian Institutions/Universities within India) Foreign Institutions/Universities (when one or more authors are affiliated with Foreign Institutions/Universities outside India)
Rs.16000/- As mentioned in the table below

JPAM offers a discounted APC to the corresponding author only based in a country which the World Bank classifies as a low-income or lower-middle-income country as mentioned in the table below:

US$ 675 (High-Income Countries)
US$ 625 (Upper-Middle-Income Countries)
US$ 575 (Lower-Middle Income Countries)
US$ 475 (Low-Income Countries)
Andorra
Albania
Algeria
Afghanistan
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Angola
Burkina Faso
Aruba
Armenia
Bangladesh
Burundi
Australia
Azerbaijan
Belize
Central African Republic
Austria
Belarus
Benin
Chad
Bahrain
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bhutan
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Barbados
Botswana
Bolivia
Eritrea
Belgium
Brazil
Cabo Verde
Ethiopia
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Cambodia
The Gambia
Canada
China
Cameroon
Guinea
Chile
Colombia
Comoros
Guinea-Bissau
Croatia
Costa Rica
Republic of the Congo
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Cyprus
Cuba
Côte d’Ivoire
Liberia
Czech Republic
Dominica
Djibouti
Madagascar
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Egypt
Malawi
Estonia
Ecuador
El Salvador
Mali
Finland
Equatorial Guinea
Eswatini
Mozambique
France
Fiji
Ghana
Niger
Germany
Gabon
Haiti
Rwanda
Greece
Georgia
Honduras
Sierra Leone
Hong Kong SAR
Grenada
Indonesia
Somalia
Hungary
Guatemala
Iran
South Sudan
Iceland
Guyana
Kenya
Sudan
Ireland
Iraq
Kiribati
Syria
Israel
Jamaica
Kyrgyzstan
Uganda
Italy
Jordan
Laos
Yemen
Japan
Kazakhstan
Lesotho
Kuwait
Lebanon
Mauritania
Latvia
Libya
Mongolia
Liechtenstein
Malaysia
Morocco
Lithuania
Maldives
Myanmar
Luxembourg
Marshall Islands
Nepal
Malta
Mauritius
Nicaragua
Monaco
Mexico
Nigeria
Nauru
Moldova
Pakistan
Netherlands
Montenegro
Papua New Guinea
New Zealand
Namibia
Philippines
Norway
North Macedonia
Samoa
Oman
Panama
São Tomé and Principe
Palau
Paraguay
Senegal
Poland
Peru
Solomon Islands
Portugal
Romania
Sri Lanka
Qatar
Russian Federation
Tajikistan
Republic of Korea
Serbia
Tanzania
San Marino
South Africa
Timor-Leste
Saudi Arabia
St. Lucia
Tunisia
Seychelles
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Ukraine
Singapore
Suriname
Uzbekistan
Sint Maarten
Thailand
Vanuatu
Slovak Republic
Tonga
Vietnam
Slovenia
Turkey
Zambia
Spain
Turkmenistan
Zimbabwe
St. Kitts and Nevis
Tuvalu
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan Province of  China
Trinidad and Tobago
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay

Notes:

  • We do not charge any Article Submission Charges.
  • The APCs are charged as per the corresponding author primary affiliated country upon acceptance of the article.
  • Indian Institutions APCs will only be charged when all the authors of the article are affiliated with Indian Institutions within India.       
  • Authors who wish to receive a hard copy of the journal are required to pay extra for Printing, Packing and Registered Postal Charges, within India: Rs. 500/- (per copy); Outside India: US$ 50 (per copy).
Article Withdrawal Charges

If an author requests to withdraw the article after it has been peer-reviewed, they will be charged Rs. 2400/- (Within India) / USD 100 (Outside India) or after it has been typeset (but not yet published), they will be charged Rs. 3600/- (Within India ) / USD 150 (Outside India). For more information please see here.