Article Processing Charge (APC)

SJDV is an open-access journal. There is no submission fee. An Article Processing Charge is levied only after a manuscript has been accepted for publication following peer review. The APC supports the costs of editorial processing, copyediting, layout, DOI registration, and long-term digital preservation. Editorial decisions are based solely on academic merit, ethical compliance, peer-review results, and journal suitability, and are never influenced by an author's ability to pay.

• ▸Authors affiliated with institutions in Indonesia: IDR 2,500,000.
• ▸Authors affiliated with institutions outside Indonesia: the standard APC is USD 225, subject to the regional adjustments below.

• ▸Global South Support Countries (Tier A), including Least Developed Countries and low-income countries: 50% discount on the standard APC, in support of equitable access to scholarly publishing.
• ▸ASEAN member states: 25% discount on the standard APC, as part of the journal's regional academic-collaboration support policy.
• ▸Authors who are not affiliated with Tier A countries and are not from ASEAN member states: the standard APC of USD 225 applies.

For manuscripts with authors from more than one country, the applicable APC tier is determined by the country of the corresponding author's institutional affiliation at the time of submission. Where there is more than one corresponding author, the tier follows the country of the primary corresponding author listed in the submission system.

After a manuscript has completed peer review and been accepted, the journal issues a Conditional Acceptance Notification together with the APC invoice. The official Letter of Acceptance (LoA) is issued only after the APC payment has been completed and confirmed by the editorial office. Authors must complete payment within three (3) calendar days of the invoice date. If payment is not completed within this period and no prior written agreement has been approved by the editorial office, the manuscript may be considered withdrawn for non-payment, and the journal reserves the right to discontinue further editorial, copyediting, layout, DOI registration, and publication processes. Where an author repeatedly fails to complete payment after conditional acceptance without valid justification, the case may be recorded for internal administrative purposes, and future submissions from the same corresponding author may require confirmation of APC payment before any formal acceptance document is issued.

ASEAN member states

Global South Support Countries (Tier A)