International Journal of Agriculture and Natural Resources (IJANR) is a fully open access journal, meaning that there is no charge to read, download, or use any published content, and content is published with open reuse licenses. In order to keep the journal free to read we have a flat contribution to the costs of publication (CCPs) of $850 for every.

This fee helps us recover the costs of production, hosting, and a number of other services related to article publication and overall journal management. A portion of every CCPs collected from authors is automatically allocated to a fee waiver fund that is used to help authors who lack external or institutional funding pay their publication fees.

Upon acceptance of a paper for publication the primary author, also known as the corresponding author, will receive an email with detailed instructions to pay the fee through wire transfer, or other means. Accepted articles will not be published until funds have been received. Because we try to keep our CCPs low, and because a portion of the proceeds is diverted to a waiver fund, we ask that all of those who have the means to pay refrain from requesting fee waivers and other discounts. Your payments ensure that as many researchers as possible have the opportunity to publish in the journal.

CCPs Discounts and Waivers

IJANR offers several discount and waiver programs in order to ensure that anyone wishing to publish in the journal has the opportunity to do so without regard to their ability to pay. If an author group is unable to afford the publication costs and can demonstrate that they have not gotten research funding, we will consider individual waiver requests on a case-by-case basis. Early-career researchers and postdoctoral scholars are also encouraged to contact us regarding waiver requests. 

We also provide waivers and discounts for corresponding authors from institutions from low- and middle-income countries (based on The World Bank) after case-by-case evaluation. 

A member of the IJANR team will be in contact with you regarding your waiver request as soon as it is received. Waiver requests are subject to the availability of funding in the fee waiver fund and will not be considered in editorial decisions. Waivers will not be granted once an article has been accepted for publication. 

*Please note that IJANR limits its CCPs waivers to one waiver per corresponding author per year. Authors are expected to pursue and exhaust other funding options before requesting a CCPS waiver from IJANR.