Open Access, Publication Charges & Editorial Policies
Part 1 of 4 — open-access policy, article-processing and publication charges, and the publication and peer-review process authors should know before submitting to IJPR.
Open Access
All articles published by the International Journal of Physiotherapy and Research (IJPR) are made freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon acceptance, first as an "Online First" publication and subsequently in a regular volume — with no subscription charges or registration barriers. Authors retain copyright of their own articles and, under the journal's copyright form, grant any third party the advance and perpetual right to use, reproduce, or disseminate the article in accordance with that license.
Article-Processing & Publication Charges
IJPR is run by IMED Research Publications and, like most open-access journals, recovers the costs of article processing, secure data storage, and database maintenance through an article-processing charge. Authors are required to pay ₹5,550 (INR) for Indian authors affiliated with an Indian institution, or USD 150 for authors based outside India, per accepted article. Manuscripts with a larger number of images, tables, or references may attract a higher fee. Payment details are communicated to the corresponding author once the article has been accepted for publication.
A print version of the journal is currently offered only as part of an institutional subscription. Authors who wish to purchase a print copy of their issue should write to the Editor-in-Chief for further details and additional charges.
Publication & Peer-Review Process
Content overview
- Original Research: reports of data from original research.
- Reviews: comprehensive, authoritative descriptions of any subject within the scope of the journal.
- Case Reports: abnormal or unique clinical cases.
- Images: rare, original clinical images accompanied by a brief discussion.
Peer-review policy
Every submitted manuscript is first evaluated by the Editor-in-Chief; suitable manuscripts are then assigned to an Executive Editors-in-Chief for handling. The Executive Editors-in-Chief invites at least two independent reviewers to comment on the manuscript. Authors may suggest names and contact details for two potential reviewers, but final selection remains the responsibility of the Editorial Board. Peer review is closed — reviewer identities are kept confidential and reports are not made public. We aim to reach an initial decision within three to six weeks of submission, after which the Associate Editor accepts, rejects, or requests revision of the manuscript.
A Letter of Acceptance is issued free of charge on request. A Certificate of Publication is available for an additional fee — see Article-Processing & Publication Charges above for details.
High-quality bound reprints can be purchased for any published article. See Article-Processing & Publication Charges above for further information about ordering reprints.
Editorial Policies
A manuscript, or any substantial part of it, submitted to IJPR must not be under consideration by any other journal, and in general must not have already been published in any journal or other citable form (deposit on a preprint server is acceptable). Authors are responsible for ensuring that no material submitted as part of a manuscript infringes an existing copyright or the rights of a third party.
Submission of a manuscript to IJPR implies that all authors have read and agreed to its content, and that any experimental research reported has been performed with the approval of an appropriate ethics committee — with research involving animals following internationally recognized guidelines. A statement to this effect, including the name of the approving body and a reference number where appropriate, must appear in the Methods section, and informed consent must be documented. For articles that include clinical photographs or information relating to individual patients, written and signed patient consent to publish must be available on request from the editorial staff.
IMED Research Publications has a legal responsibility to ensure its journals do not publish material that infringes copyright or contains libellous or defamatory content; where a manuscript is perceived to contain potentially libellous material, the Editors will work with authors, with assistance from the publisher where required, to reach an appropriate outcome. The involvement of professional medical writers or anyone else who assisted with preparing the manuscript should be acknowledged, along with their source of funding.
Full details of the journal's editorial policies on human and animal rights and informed consent are set out on our Statement of Human & Animal Rights page, and the journal's Publication Ethics page describes our publication ethics and malpractice statement in full.
Data, Complaints & Competing Interests
Submission of a manuscript implies that readily reproducible materials described in it, including all relevant raw data, will be made freely available to any researcher wishing to use them for non-commercial purposes. Authors who wish to appeal a rejection, or make a complaint, should contact the Editor-in-Chief in the first instance, who will provide details of the journal's complaints procedure.
Authors must declare any competing financial or other interest in relation to their work; all declared competing interests are listed at the end of the published article. Where an author has none to declare, the listing reads: "The author(s) declare that they have no competing interests."
Plagiarism Detection
IJPR maintains an experienced Plagiarism Committee to detect overlapping or similar text in submitted manuscripts.
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