AUTHOR FEE
Special
Publication Offer
(Till Aug, 2025)
Use CODE
"DISC20"
for a 20% APC
Discount
Article Processing Charges
At ESA, all manuscripts are processed free of cost. Every peer-reviewed research article published in ESA will be freely and universally accessible online in an easily readable format.
However, after acceptance of the manuscript, a nominal fee of Rs. 2500 (including DOI charges) for Indians and 60 USD for authors outside India will be charged for e-prints.
​​​​e-Publication Certificate
Single Certificate: The article processing fee does not include the e-publication certificates. Additionally, authors may opt to receive a professionally issued e-publication certificate at a nominal cost of Rs. 300 per certificate for Indian authors and 10 USD for authors outside India.
Multiple Certificates: If all authors need e-publication certificates, a lump sum charge of Rs. 1000 will be charged for Indian authors and 30 USD for authors outside India.​​
​​​​​​Waiver Policy
In case the author has financial restrictions, a partial/full waiver request may be forwarded to EIC stating the reason for the request. After approval of the waiver, the paper can be published free of charge. Waiver Policy is only applicable to papers with maximum of 2 authors.
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English Language Editing Service
If any manuscript requires English language editing and proofreading, and the author wants professional proofreading, a nominal fee of INR 1000 for Indians and 30 USD for authors outside India will be charged.
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Special Issue Papers
Papers submitted to the special issues will be subjected to article processing charges. The charges can be checked on the relevant special issue page. If any manuscript requires English language editing and proofreading, and the author wants professional proofreading, a nominal fee of INR 1000 for Indians and 30 USD for authors outside India will be charged extra to the processing charges.