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Membership
Membership is an optional arrangement with Open Access Pub, the publisher of the International Journal of Glaucoma. Membership enquiries are handled directly by the editorial office.
What membership is for
Open-access journals publish articles free to read under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license, with costs met through article processing charges rather than subscriptions. Membership gives individual researchers and institutions a way to support this model through an agreement with the publisher.
Membership is separate from the editorial work of the journal. Every manuscript follows the same editorial process, and the review and acceptance of a manuscript rest on its scientific merit alone.
How membership relates to publishing
- Editorial decisions
- Editorial decisions are based on scope, scientific quality, methodological rigor, ethical compliance, reporting quality, and relevance to the journal. They remain independent of fees, services, memberships and roles.
- Article processing charge
- The article processing charge is payable only after acceptance; withdrawal after submission is subject to the journal's withdrawal policy. Full details are on the Article Processing Charges page.
- Fee relief
- Fee-relief requests are considered case by case; contact the editorial office.
Contact the editorial office
Researchers, departments and organizations who would like to discuss a membership arrangement with Open Access Pub can write to the editorial office at info@openaccesspub.org. Please include your full name, your institutional or organizational affiliation and the journals of interest.
The editorial office replies with the terms that apply. Membership is separate from the editorial work of the journal and has no bearing on the review or acceptance of any manuscript.