For providing researchers with Open Access and freely available content, since the beginning of January 2024, publishing an article in the Journal of Laser in Medical Sciences requires payment of an APC that will be billed to the corresponding author following acceptance for publication. These fees are used to cover the costs of providing and maintaining a publication infrastructure, managing the journal, and processing the manuscripts through peer review and the editorial procedure. No submission charges, page charges, or color charges exist apart from the APC. The fees are demonstrated in the table below:
Type of Article
Iranian Authors (Rial)
Non-Iranian Authors*
Research
40,000,000
400 USD
Review
40,000,000
400 USD
Case Series/ Reports
40000,000
400 USD
Other Type
40,000,000
400 USD
*updated in January 2024
The authors confirm that they have agreed to pay an Article Processing Charge (APC) after acceptance of the article. For international (non-Iranian) authors, APC is 400 US dollars which should be paid to Paypal email to dr.barikbin@gmail.comand then the receipt should be sent to