Institutional & Author Membership Program

The publisher offers a dedicated Institutional & Author Membership Program designed to support researchers and academic institutions in managing and streamlining their scholarly publishing activities across a wide portfolio of peer-reviewed journals.

This program provides a structured, efficient, and transparent submission support system, enabling smoother coordination of multiple manuscript submissions during the membership period, in alignment with standard editorial and peer-review practices.

All submitted manuscripts are handled through the journal’s independent peer-review system, ensuring that editorial decisions are based exclusively on academic quality, originality, and reviewer recommendations.

Membership Overview

  • Validity Period: 1 Year
  • Coverage: Applicable across all journals under the publisher’s portfolio
  • Key Benefit: Dedicated administrative and submission support for authors and institutions

Membership Fee Structure (World Bank Classification)

  • Low-Income Countries: EUR 1,000 per year
  • Middle-Income Countries: EUR 1,400 per year
  • High-Income Countries: EUR 1,800 per year

Key Features & Benefits

  • Streamlined submission assistance across multiple journals
  • Dedicated support for manuscript and editorial communication
  • Efficient coordination to reduce submission delays
  • Access to standard peer-review workflows
  • Flexible submission across multiple disciplines
  • Transparent separation of administrative and editorial processes

Ethics & Editorial Independence

  • Membership does not influence editorial decisions or peer-review outcomes
  • All manuscripts are evaluated strictly on scientific merit
  • Acceptance decisions remain fully independent of membership status
  • APCs (if applicable) are determined separately after acceptance
  • Membership provides administrative support only and does not guarantee publication

Enquiries & Enrolment

For further details regarding membership benefits, eligibility, or enrolment procedures, authors and institutions are encouraged to contact the Editorial Office.