Article Processing Charges at Health Tourism Journal reflect the journal’s commitment to transparent, ethical, and accessible academic publishing. Health Tourism Journal follows a completely APC-free publishing model, ensuring that authors are not required to pay any submission fees, peer-review fees, editorial processing fees, or publication fees. This policy supports equal publishing opportunities for researchers worldwide while promoting the unrestricted dissemination of scientific knowledge through open-access publishing.
Article Processing Charges Policy
Price Policy: Health Tourism Journal does not charge any submission, editorial evaluation, peer-review, or publication fees. Editorial decisions are based exclusively on the scientific quality, originality, academic contribution, and ethical standards of each submitted manuscript.
No Submission Fees
Health Tourism Journal does not require authors to pay any fees during the manuscript submission process. Every submission is evaluated according to international editorial standards without financial consideration. The absence of submission fees ensures that researchers from different countries, institutions, and academic backgrounds have equal opportunities to publish their scientific work.
APC-Free Publication Policy
Health Tourism Journal operates under a fully APC-free publishing policy. There are no Article Processing Charges (APCs), publication fees, page charges, editing fees, or color printing fees. Accepted articles are published free of charge, allowing authors to disseminate their research without financial barriers. This publishing model encourages wider academic participation and supports open scientific communication.
Open Access Publishing
All scientific articles published in Health Tourism Journal are immediately and permanently available online without subscription or payment. Readers can freely access, read, download, and share published articles in accordance with the journal’s open-access policy. The costs associated with editorial management, website maintenance, DOI registration, digital archiving, and indexing services are independently supported without transferring any financial burden to authors or readers.
Publication Ethics and Editorial Policy
Health Tourism Journal follows internationally recognized publication ethics and editorial standards to ensure transparency, integrity, and academic quality throughout the publication process. Every manuscript undergoes editorial assessment and peer review based solely on scientific merit, originality, and compliance with ethical publishing principles.
Supporting Global Academic Publishing
By maintaining an APC-free publishing model, Health Tourism Journal aims to increase the visibility and accessibility of high-quality research in health tourism, medical tourism, wellness tourism, healthcare management, and related interdisciplinary fields. The journal supports researchers, healthcare professionals, policymakers, and academics by providing an international platform for scientific communication without financial barriers.
For more information about our publication policies, please visit our Ethical Principles page. Additional international guidance on publication ethics is available from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) at https://publicationethics.org/.
