Payments

Fast-Track Review

Price: 925.00 (EUR)

OPTIONAL FEE

Should a faster expert assessment (peer-review) of submission and an editorial decision on possible publishing be required, the Authors can take advantage of the (FastTrack) peer-review process. If the Authors opt for FastTrack peer-review and publication, the editorial guarantees:

• a submission is peer-reviewed (including its peer-review and a final editorial decision to publish or reject) within 21 days from payment;
• in a case of editorial acceptance the manuscript will be publish Online First (Ahead-of-Print) within 14 days after its acceptance.

The FastTrack option does not preclude the need to follow submission requirements and Author Guidelines.

The editorial does not guarantee a favorable decision on publication for submissions peer-reviewed under the FastTrack option; however it guarantees that the timing of peer-review and all other editorial processes of submission assessment is expedited, including an unscheduled (urgent) meeting of the Editorial Board to make a decision on possibility to publish the manuscript. Therefore, if negative feedback is provided during peer-review, and the Editorial Board takes sides with the reviewers, the submission will be rejected. In this case the conditions of the FastTrack peer-review process are considered fulfilled (provided the authors receive a response within 21 days after payment). If the reviewers recommend any refinements to be made into the manuscript, a final editorial decision will be made with due consideration of the recommended corrections.

To activate the FastTrack peer-review and publication service, authors should make payment from the user account on the journal’s website after submission. As soon as the payment is made and a notification to the editorial is sent, the author receives an email confirmation; a decision following the submission peer-review is sent within 21 days.

Publication in Online First section (Ahead-of-Print)

Price: 550.00 (EUR)

OPTIONAL FEE

This option is available in cases when the manuscript has been accepted for publication, but the Authors want to publish it in electronic format within one month after the editorial decision prior to print issue date. The Authors should not make payment unless they receive a conformation that the manuscript has been accepted for publication.

Waiver policy

Payment procedure

• Online payment during submission. The payment is made online during manuscript submission (at final step). After payment, the author submitting a manuscript receives a receipt for successful payment for submission. The editorial simultaneously receives a notification of a new submission.
• Offline after submission. The Authors can sign an agreement with the publishing company for one or several of the above-mentioned options and make payment by a bank wire transfer. The agreement templates and details of the publishing company can be requested from managers (link).

Discount Policy

The editorial and the publisher consider that the lack of opportunity to pay should not be a barrier to publication of a high-quality research paper that can be significant for the medical community. The publication fee can be reduced or cancelled by the decision of the Editorial Board following a request from the authors. In this case an appropriate petition signed by the leader of the authors team on the letterhead of the institution carrying out the research should be sent to the editorial.