Article Processing Charges (APCs)

General Information on USEFUL online journal’s Article Processing Charges (APC)

USEFUL online journal publishes all its articles in full open access under a Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). This allows the general public to gain unlimited and free access to scientific articles.

To cover the cost of publication, authors pay an article processing charge (APC) for manuscripts accepted after peer-review.

Corrections, additions, comments, and etc. are published free of charge.

The Basic APC is 250.00 (USD).

Please note that the APCs for articles submitted by SVP4U's partners not subject to fees. It compensated in accordance with SVP4U PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION policy.

Avoiding fee from English editing on submitted articles.

Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good American or British English.

Authors may use USEFUL.academy's Language Editing Service.

Authors from developing countries should consider registration with AuthorAid.

Funding of APCs.

Many funding agencies and institutions explicitly allow the use of research grants for the payment of APCs for publishing in open access journals.

Discounts on APCs

USEFUL online journal provides discounts for authors by letter of invitation with the special code or under established agreements with institutions.

Additional discounts may be granted at the publisher's discretion and should be discussed with the editorial office when submitting the article. Please contact us with the name of your institution.

Also, USEFUL online journal offers the discount to selected reviewers.

Accepted Currencies and Methods of Payment

We currently support the following currencies and methods of payment:

Payment with Credit Card
Online Payment by PayPal
Cheque Payable to USEFUL online journal in US Dollars (USD)
Wire Transfer in US Dollars (USD)
Wire Transfer in Euros (EUR)
Wire Transfer in Swiss Francs (CHF)
Wire Transfer in Pound Sterling (GBP)
Wire Transfer in Ukrainian hryvnia (UAH)
Wire Transfer in Russian ruble (RUB)
Wire Transfer in Belarusian ruble (BYN)
Wire Transfer in Georgian lari (GEL)

For more detailed information on how to pay an invoice, please see our Payment Instructions.

APCs are payable within 7 business days.

Invoices are emailed shortly after acceptance to the payment contact provided by the authors. Only official invoices issued by publisher (@svp4u.com) are valid.

Local Tax included.