Fee Schedule
The URNCST Journal strives to keep submissions, however, we require that authors of certain publication types pay a minimal one-time publication fee to publish their article. While just as you would pay for transport, food, the printing of a poster, and registration to attend a conference, the URNCST Journal fees are the primary source of revenue that allows us to cover our costs associated with maintaining our web domain/hosting, open access system, peer-review, copyediting, typesetting, improving the visibility of your articles, and publication association membership fees.
| Article Type | Submission Fee as directed by URNCST | Publication Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Conference Abstract Booklet | $0 CAD as per URNCST | $0 CAD |
| SOLICITED MANUSCRIPT | $0 CAD; Inquire with us at manuscript@urncstuk.org for full terms and conditions | - |
| Mentored Paper (Review or Protocol) | $0 CAD | $350 CAD for all manuscripts submitted after December 31, 2022 |
| Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Encyclopaedia Entry Initiative | $0 CAD | $350 CAD* *The promotional fee of $250 CAD will still be honoured for Round 1 participants who have not yet published their article. |
| Primary Research, Review (Comprehensive Literature, Scoping, Systematic or Meta-Analysis Review), or Research Protocol | $0 CAD | $350 CAD for all manuscripts submitted after December 31, 2022; Sometimes discounted or covered by conference, if a conference proceeding. |
| Editorial | $0 CAD | $0 CAD |
Note: An article publication fee of $300 CAD will be honoured for all manuscripts submitted before January 2023 and all conference proceedings with agreements made prior to January 2023.
Corrigenda and Addenda Policy: Effective April 2024, authors wishing to submit corrigenda or addenda to already published articles (i.e. additional sentences), incorrectly spelled names, missing acknowledgements, missing affiliations, etc. should contact corrections@urncstuk.org. Authors are advised that they are subject to a fee of $20.00 CAD PER corrigenda or addenda, if the error(s) and/or omission(s) were already in the proofs approved by authors.
Refund Policy: Authors are expected to secure funding and intend to pay the article publishing fee BEFORE submitting their article for consideration by the URNCST Journal. It is a tremendous amount of work on behalf of the entire publication's editorial and production team to process a manuscript from submission to production (not to mention that the URNCST Journal has no submission fees and no fees are ever levied on articles that are rejected). Thus, the URNCST Journal will only issue a refund on an article publication fee if 1) an error in publication is identified whereby the fault lies with the journal and 2) this error cannot be corrected (it is usually the case that such an error can be corrected free of charge to the author(s)).
