Article Processing Charges (APC) / Fee Policy

3.1 Diamond Open Access Model

International Journal of Business Operations and Management Studies operates under a Diamond Open Access model (sometimes referred to as Platinum Open Access). All peer-reviewed articles are published immediately and permanently online with full open access, free of charge to both authors and readers. This model eliminates financial barriers to publication and global knowledge dissemination, ensuring equity in scholarly publishing.

3.2 Absence of Article Processing Charges (APCs)

To support the global research community, International Journal of Business Operations and Management Studies does not levy any institutional or individual fees at any stage of the editorial process.

Submission and Assessment Fees: There are no submission fees, editorial processing fees, or administrative charges for desk-rejected manuscripts.

Article Processing Charges (APCs): Authors are not charged any fees upon the formal acceptance or publication of their manuscripts.

Production Costs: All operational overheads—including manuscript tracking systems, independent double-blind peer-review management, professional copyediting, XML typesetting, metadata curation, and long-term digital archiving (Crossref, Portico, and CLOCKSS)—are fully subsidized through institutional sponsorship and external academic grants.

3.3 Institutional Sponsorship

Because publication costs are entirely covered by our sponsoring institutions and academic foundations, authors retain the benefit of rigorous, high-indexed visibility without the requirement of personal, departmental, or grant funding. There are no hidden fees for colour figures, supplementary data hosting, or extended word counts, provided the manuscript adheres to the length constraints outlined in the Author Guidelines.