The International Journal of Contemporary Impediments in Commerce and Management (IJCICM) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal committed to advancing scholarly research. As an open-access journal, all articles are made freely available online worldwide immediately upon publication.
To support the academic, administrative, technical, and publication services required for maintaining a quality open-access publishing system, the journal levies an Article Processing Charge (APC) exclusively on manuscripts that have successfully completed peer review and received formal acceptance.
Payment of an APC does not influence editorial decisions, nor does it guarantee acceptance. Every manuscript is evaluated solely on its originality, academic quality, relevance, methodology, and ethical compliance.
This policy applies to all categories of manuscripts submitted to IJCICM, including:
*No additional charges are imposed without prior communication to and approval from the corresponding author.
Indicative operational breakdown required to maintain academic and publishing quality standards without compromise:
APCs directly support manuscript routing, plagiarism screening, language formatting, layout typesetting, XML/HTML generation, indexing validation, secure archival structures, and maintaining standard metadata visibility globally.
Payment Timeline & Methods
The standard timeline allows 14 calendar days from the official invoice date. Payment must be cleared via authorized routes: NEFT, RTGS, IMPS, UPI, or designated digital settlement links. The journal strongly advises against executing transactions to any individual bank accounts or unverified third-party representatives.
Receipts & Compliance Requirements
Clearance confirmations are systematically released within three working days. Under the Author Responsibility Clause, the submitting corresponding author bears comprehensive accountability for coordinating group funding distributions, confirming structural page alignments, and securing prior approvals across all listing co-authors.
IJCICM rigidly guarantees that processing operations run completely isolated from predatory behaviors, add-on financial increments, or transaction-linked validations. Revisions to basic policy margins require a structural 90-day notification timeline prior to active implementation.
• 48-Hour Partial Window: Volumetric withdrawal requests registered within 48 hours of initial remittance qualify for up to a 75% reimbursement limit, given formatting production workflows haven't initialized.
• Zero Refund Conditions: Fees remain completely non-refundable once standard copyediting steps begin, or if an asset faces subsequent retraction due to verified academic malpractice (plagiarism, fabrication, copyright violations, or undisclosed conflicting interests).
• Withdrawal Consensus: Formal structural removals demand signed written authorization metrics verified and approved by every matching co-author.
Administrative Authority: Full interpretation and structural implementation rights belong exclusively to the IJCICM Editorial Board, directed by the serving Editor-in-Chief.
Grievance Desk: Discrepancies, invoice errors, or tracking claims should be reported directly with complete reference files via the official channels. Valid complaints receive initial receipts in 3 days, targeting full resolution inside 15 working days.