Publication Fee

Transparency in Fees: AL-USWA Research Journal is a self-financed publication and does not receive funding from any external agency or institution. To maintain high-quality publication standards, the management has established a transparent fee structure.

Publication Fee:

• A flat fee of PKR 10,000 is charged per article as Article Processing Charges (APC).

• Breakdown of Charges: This amount is utilized to cover essential operational costs, including:

  • National and International Reviewer Honorariums.

  • Long-term Digital Archiving and Indexing.

  • Website Maintenance and Hosting.

  • Professional Typesetting, Copyediting, and Formatting.

  • Plagiarism Detection (Turnitin) and Administrative Overheads.

Payment Policy:

• The APC is only applicable once a manuscript has passed the initial editorial screening.

• AL-USWA provides Full Open Access under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, meaning that once the APC is paid and the article is published, the research community and the general public gain unlimited, free, and immediate access to the full text without any subscription fees.