Author Fees

Author Fees  ·  Jurnal Civics
Article Publication Charge.
What it costs to publish, what it covers, and how to ask for a waiver.
Policy update · effective from 2027
Fee terms change for manuscripts published from Volume 24, No. 1 (2027):
ITEM UP TO VOL. 23 (2026) FROM VOL. 24 (2027)
APC IDR 4,000,000 IDR 4,000,000
Editing charge Charged separately Included in the APC
Pages covered First 10 pages First 15 pages; IDR 250,000 per extra page
The details below describe the terms from 2027.
01Article Publication Charge▾
Jurnal Civics is open access. Readers pay nothing, and the costs of publishing are covered by the Article Publication Charge (APC), so that every article can be read, shared, and archived without barriers. The journal does not want fees to stop worthy work from being published.
APC IDR 4,000,000 (Indonesian rupiah) for each accepted article.
Editing charge Included in the APC. There is no separate editing fee.
Extra pages The APC covers the first 15 pages. Each page beyond 15 costs IDR 250,000.
Other charges None. There are no submission, review, colour, or reprint charges.
When payable After acceptance only. There is no fee for submission or review.
02What the APC covers▾
—  Web publication, open access, with a DOI.
—  Plagiarism and similarity checking.
—  Technical editing.
—  Indexing and long-term archiving.
—  Digital preservation.
03Waivers▾
The editor may grant a full or partial waiver. Authors may apply if:
—  the corresponding author is a student, or an early-career researcher without research funding;
—  the authors are based in a country classed by the World Bank as low-income or lower-middle-income;
—  the research received no grant or institutional funding;
—  the manuscript is long, or there is another reasonable ground, explained in the request.
A waiver is considered when the corresponding author meets the criteria. Waivers are decided case by case and may be full or partial.
1.  Request the waiver in the Comments to the Editor box when you submit the manuscript.
2.  The editors decide on the request.
3.  A request for a waiver does not affect the review result.
04Changes to fees▾
Any change to the APC or to other charges is announced on this page and in Announcements at least three months before it takes effect. Manuscripts submitted before the change are charged at the rate shown when they were submitted.
05Refunds▾
The APC is not refunded if an article is retracted. See Correction, Retraction and Withdrawal.
06Related pages▾