The Communications of the IBIMA (CIBIMA) is an open access Journal.  Open access journals are those that provide immediate and free access of all published full-text articles to interested readers around the world.   Open access provide readers with the ability to view, save, print, copy, distribute, transmit, and adapt any published article without fee-based subscriptions.

Open access publishing (OAP) can provide several benefits to participating authors.  It helps in maximizing the dissemination and impact of research by making it available to all readers worldwide.  Further, recently published literature suggest that OAP increases the chance of more citations of the published work, which in turn can be translated into more recognition of research.  More importantly, OAP promotes and encourages cumulative research and knowledge building worldwide by providing easy, enhanced, and accelerated access to research.

Publishing an article in The The Communications of the IBIMA requires payment of the manuscript processing charges once the manuscript accepted for publication.  The payment is to be made by one of the authors, their university/organization, or funding entity.  The manuscript processing charges are designed to allow publishers to recover manuscript processing expenses and the cost of making the full-text available on the Internet to all interested researchers. 

The manuscript charges:
Commubications of the IBIMA: US $385
Previous IBIMA Conference participant within the past 12 month: US $200