APCs and Author Fees
JOTS does not charge submission charges, article processing charges, author fees, page charges, colour charges, editorial processing charges, publication fees, or post-publication access fees.
No waiver request is required because no author-facing publication fee is applied.
JOTS does not request payment at submission, acceptance, publication, or post-publication.
If JOTS changes its fee policy in the future, the change will be stated publicly before implementation and will not be applied retrospectively to manuscripts already under consideration.
Business Model and Revenue Sources
JOTS does not charge submission charges, article processing charges, author fees, page charges, colour charges, editorial processing charges, publication fees, or post-publication access fees. No waiver request is required because no author-facing publication fee is applied.
JOTS does not request payment at submission, acceptance, publication, or post-publication. If JOTS changes its fee policy in the future, the change will be stated publicly before implementation and will not be applied retrospectively to manuscripts already under consideration.
JOTS is supported by OTS Academy as publisher and Scholardemia as platform/operator. JOTS does not currently accept advertising; if advertising, sponsorship, supplements, reprints, or other revenue sources are adopted, this policy must be updated before implementation.
Editorial Independence and Fees
The absence or presence of any payment, sponsorship, institutional relationship, or funding support has no influence on editorial assessment, peer review, acceptance, rejection, correction, or retraction decisions.
Editorial decisions are based on scholarly merit, relevance to the journal aims and scope, methodological quality, ethical compliance, originality, clarity, and contribution to the field.
Advertising, sponsorship, platform support, institutional relationships, and revenue sources must be kept separate from editorial decision making.