There is no submission fee to A&I.

Please note that , the Journal Allergologia et Immunopathologia (A&I) will publish in open access format from 2021. A&I will charge an Article Processing Fee (APC) of US $1100 on articles published. Articles will go through a thorough peer review process, benefit from high-quality editing, and will be posted on-line for greater exposure, within 60 days of acceptance. Articles are archived on the journal web site. All articles/information will also be included in the PubMed database, SCIE, Scopus, EMBASE. All articles will be assigned a unique DOI (Digital Object Identifier) through Cross Ref.  An author’s ability to pay APCs is not a consideration in the decision of whether to publish. 

From year 2021, A&I publish in open access format.

Article Publication Charge - Article Processing Fee USD 1100 per article

 

The following questions and answers may help you to make an informed decision about the publishing fee.

What procedures have you implemented to ensure that the person who submits an article is aware of the publishing fee BEFORE completing the submission?

During the submission process, the person who submits the article has to tick a mandatory box confirming that he or she is aware of the publishing fee. This statement can be viewed under the ‘Submission Preparation Checklist’ .

Who is responsible for making or arranging the payment?

The person who submits the article is responsible for making or arranging the payment (for instance, via the institution) upon editorial acceptance of the manuscript. The invoice will be issued to the person who is identified as the author for correspondence in the manuscript.

When do I pay the publishing fee?

The publishing fee is payable after the editorial acceptance of an article. Upon editorial acceptance of an article, the submitting author and the author for correspondence will be notified that payment is due.

How do I pay the publishing fee?

There will be two options for payment: via direct bank transfer or PayPal. The instructions for payment will be included in the invoice. No taxes are included in this charge. For any tax-related issues, please follow the regulations of your country.

Do I have to pay if my article is rejected?

No.

If I withdraw my article, do I have to pay?

Authors can withdraw their articles at any stage. If a decision to withdraw is made by the author BEFORE the editorial acceptance of the article, then the authors do not have to pay. If a decision to withdraw is made by the author AFTER the editorial acceptance of an article, then the full fee of USD 1100 must be paid.

 Why do I have to pay a publishing fee?

All articles published in A&I (2021 onwards) are open access and freely available online under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). This means anyone, anywhere in the world who has access to the internet can read your article without any restriction. The typical costs associated with the publication of articles could be grouped under three categories: technology, article processing, and post-publication activities.

Technology: Online presence requires a publication platform, hosting, necessary security features, and email services.

Article-processing: Receiving articles, a preliminary check of the manuscript to ensure adherence to guidelines, plagiarism check, communicating between authors/editors/reviewers, organizing peer review, receiving revised manuscripts, copyediting, implementing corrections by authors, typesetting, layout editing, proofreading, graphic design, assigning DOI to articles, reference checking, assigning DOI to references, indexing.

Post-publication activities: Conversion of articles to XML in accordance with PMC guidelines for PubMed indexing, article promotion, marketing, and continued online presence.    

Do you have a publishing fee waiver policy?

Yes. We do have a waiver policy. For fee waiver write an email to [email protected]