Terms and Conditions

Publication Fees

  • Article Processing Charge: 150 USD. 
  • This fee covers all publication costs: web hosting and administration, editorial and review activities, formatting, indexing, marketing and publicity, permanent archiving and preservation of contents, DOI registration, post-publication care etc. It will be charged only after an article is recommended for publication.
  • Authors from countries designated “Lower-middle income economies” may apply for a 50% waiver in fees. Check the list>>
  • Authors from countries designated “Low-Income Economies” can apply for a 100% waiver. Check the list>>
  • The published articles are immediately and permanently made free to access under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 License.

Other Terms and Conditions

Authors are requested to read the following Terms and Conditions very carefully. Submissions shall not be accepted unless author/s submit a copy of Terms and Conditions with signature of all the authors responsible for the article entry.

  • Copyright: The authors keep the copyrights.
  • Submission: While submitting any piece of writing or illustration with us for publication, the authors understand that the same has not been sent or is not being considered for publication elsewhere.
  • Copyright Permission from others: Authors are responsible for getting permission from Copyright Holders for the reproduction of articles, long quotations, diagrams, maps, and images in the articles, essays, or illustrations that they submit for publication in the journal.
  • Copyright Violation: In case of copyright violation or/and plagiarism solely the author/s will remain responsible and the publisher of the Rupkatha Journal cannot be held responsible and made a party to such cases.
  • No Payment: The publisher does not pay any royalty to authors or artists for their articles or works.
  • Formatting: Authors will have to prepare the final MS in accordance with the template supplied by us.
  • Sharing: The published contents are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Anybody can share any material for non-commercial purposes.
  • Archiving: Authors and others can archive contents of the journal following the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License for academic and non-commercial purposes.
  • Authors and contributors should understand that Aesthetics Media Services reserves the right to change/modify the terms and conditions of the journal at any time.

*Last modified on January 6, 2023.