APC

Article Processing Contribution

The following updated article processing charges are applicable for accepted articles submitted on or after 26 April 2026.

Article category

Base charge up to 2 authors

Additional charge 3rd author and above (per author)

Monographs (36 printed pages or more, up to 64 pages *):

Larger issues will be calculated on a case-by-case basis.

India INR 30,000 /

Abroad USD 600

India INR 5,000 /

Abroad USD 100

Long Descriptive articles (10,001 and more words *): 

Article, Communications, Reviews, Conservation Applications, Essays, Detailed Descriptions, Annotated Checklists, Detailed Data Papers.

India INR 22,000 /

Abroad USD 400

India INR 4,000 /

Abroad USD 80

Medium Descriptive articles (8,501–10,000 words *): 

Article, Communications, Reviews, Conservation Applications, Essays, Detailed Descriptions, Annotated Checklists, Detailed Data Papers.

India INR 20,000 /

Abroad USD 380

India INR 4,000 /

Abroad USD 80

Short Descriptive articles (7,001–8,500 words *): 

Article, Communications, Reviews, Conservation Applications, Essays, Detailed Descriptions, Annotated Checklists, Detailed Data Papers.

India INR 18,000 /

Abroad USD 360

India INR 4,000 /

Abroad USD 80

Lengthy articles (5,501–7,000 words *)

Article, Communications, Reviews, Conservation Applications, Essays, Detailed Descriptions, Annotated Checklists, Data Papers.

India INR 15,000 /

Abroad USD 300

India INR 3,000 /

Abroad USD 60

Full length articles (4,001–5,500 words *): 

Article, Communications, Reviews, Conservation Applications, Essays, Detailed Descriptions, Annotated Checklists, Data Papers.

India INR 12,000 /

Abroad USD 240

India INR 3,000 /

Abroad USD 60

Medium length articles (2,501–4,000 words *):

Article, Communications, Reviews, Conservation Applications, Essays, Detailed New Descriptions with or without phylogenetic analysis, Annotated Checklists, Data Papers.

India INR 8,000 /

Abroad USD 160

India INR 2,000 /

Abroad USD 40

Short length articles (1,001–2,500 words *):

Short Communications, Short Data Papers, Peer Commentaries, Viewpoints, Simple Checklists, Short Classical New Descriptions, Observations and Notes over 1,000 words (with or without headers).

India INR 5,000 /

Abroad USD 100

India INR 1,000 /

Abroad USD 20

Brief articles:

Notes of up to 1,000 words * (without headers).

India INR 3,000 /

Abroad USD 60

India INR 500 /

Abroad USD 10

Miscellaneous:

Editorial, Response / Reply, Book Review, Addenda / Errata / Corrigenda.

No charge

No charge

* Including Abstract, Keywords, and References at the time of publication.

 

The APC are calculated considering various situations, including ability to pay for publication for those who are unaided or underfunded. This is a simple payment model based on the ability for an average cost of outing or purchase. And additional authors beyond the base charge for two-author will mean the individual cost for each author further reduces overall, making the publication not dependent heavily on only funding agencies, or hinder students from publishing either.