IBIMA Publishing

Manuscript Charges

The International Journal of Interactive Worlds (IJIW) 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 and transmit any published article without fee-based subscriptions.

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

Publishing an article in The International Journal of Interactive Worlds (IJIW) requires payment of the manuscript processing charges once a manuscript is accepted for publication. The payment is to be made by one of the authors, their university/organisation, or funding body. 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.

Manuscript Charges:

Research paper	US $285
	US $200 if author(s) has/have previously participanted in an IBIMA Conference within the 12 months prior to submitting manuscript
Viewpoint	Free
Book Review	Free
Project Reference List	Free

Manuscript Types:

Research paper: is a full paper with complete set of references. This include completed research, research in progress, liturature review, meta analysis, conceptual papers, and case studies.
Viewpoint: an article that reflects the author’s opinion, interpretation, or future projection.
Book Review: a review of rcently published book.
Project List: Reference lists of research groups, and current projects and applications.

Copyright

Authors who publish in any IBIMA Publishing open access journal retain the copyright of their work under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License, which allows the unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction of an article in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited. No permission is required from the authors or the publishers.

Important Disclaimer

Neither this Journal nor IBIMA Publishing accept any liability whatsoever for the consequences of any inaccurate or misleading data, opinions, or statements. Although every effort is made by the Journal and the editorial board of this open access journal to see that no inaccurate or misleading data, opinions, or statements appear in the published article, it has to be clear that the data, opinions, and statements appearing in the articles are the sole responsibility of the author(s).