APC Policy

The Global Clinical Engineering Journal (GCEJ) is an Open Access journal that publishes high-quality, timely, double-blind peer-reviewed manuscripts about the intersection of technology, engineering, and informatics related to health, wellness, disease management, and patient-care outcomes around the world. In line with the principles of Open Access publishing, the Journal aims to ensure that all papers published are freely available to researchers, practitioners, and the public, without financial, legal, or technical barriers, and without delay (No embargo period and no requirement for users to register to read content). Following the DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) and the BOAI (Budapest Open Access Initiative) definition, the Open Access policy of GCEJ promises that we allow for immediate free access to the work and permits any user to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author.

With the increasing volume of submissions to the Journal, we’ve recruited additional editorial staff to maintain the speedy and high-quality review of the submissions. However, our sponsorship is not sufficient to cover the increased operating costs, therefore the Editorial Office has decided to change the recognition of Diamond OA to Gold OA, which will be started at the beginning of 2025.

After changing from Diamond to Gold OA, the Global Clinical Engineering Journal will continue to provide high-quality peer review and editorial services to ensure manuscripts’ fair and quick review decisions. Furthermore, this new model will enable us to remain sustainable and aim to further enhance the Journal’s Open Access services and promote academic exchange and collaboration. 

The New Model Will Include:

• To ensure unrestricted access to content and maintain high publishing standards, an Article Processing Charge (APC) is applied to papers accepted after peer review (more details may be found in the table below). This fee covers costs such as copy-editing, typesetting, production, content archiving, and journal management.
• Certain non-peer-reviewed content, like Letters to the Editor, Editorials, Corrigenda, and Addenda, is published without charge.
• A Gold OA policy that will involve corresponding adjustments to authors’ Article Processing Charges (APCs). Please pay attention to the latest Submission Guidelines and Instructions for Authors.
• Continuing the current practice, readers will still be able to access the content of published papers without charge.
• The Journal will still provide financial support for authors and waive all APCs for submissions before 31 December 2025. Meanwhile, we will continuously support those authors in need, especially from the low- and middle-income countries. We aim to become the unique journal that concentrates solely on the field of clinical engineering and provides the best publication services to all authors, including the majority of clinical engineers, doctors, and basic researchers worldwide. Many of the authors may not have enough sponsorship from their institutions and considering this fact, the Journal deems it appropriate to give a helping hand and remove the financial barrier when publishing high-quality papers to accelerate the academic exchange in the circle.
• This change in OA typeWILL NOT AFFECT ALL PUBLISHED PAPERS, nor incur any additional charges for authors who already submitted manuscripts before 2025.

Withdrawal Issues

In GCEJ, submission withdrawal refers to various scenarios, including the removal of a new submission, a manuscript under peer review, an accepted paper, or a paper in production from the online system. If authors withdraw a submission for unethical or unreasonable reasons, a withdrawal fee equal to 50% of the current APC will be charged. Withdrawal is also possible for accepted papers that have not yet been formally published, including newly accepted manuscripts and Papers in Press. However, authors should be aware that no refunds of the APC will be issued if an accepted paper or Paper in Press is withdrawn due to academic misconduct, ethical violations, or without providing any justification.

GCEJ Article Processing Charge Fees

AMOUNT per manuscript
	US $ 200	US $ 150	US $ 100	US $ 50
Processing fees per Country	Andorra	Albania	Armenia	Afghanistan
	Antigua and Barbuda	Algeria	Bangladesh	Benin
	Argentina	America Samoa	Bhutan	Burkina Faso
	Aruba	Angola	Bolivia	Burundi
	Australia	Azerbaijan	Cameroon	Cambodia
	Austria	Belarus	Cape Verde	Central African Republic
	Bahamas, The	Belize	Congo, Rep	Chad
	Bahrain	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Cote d'Ivoire	Comoros
	Barbados	Botswana	Djibouti	Eritrea
	Belgium	Brazil	Egypt, Arab Rep.	Ethiopia
	Bermuda	Bulgaria	El Salvador	Gambia, The
	Brunei	Colombia	Georgia	Guinea
	Canada	Costa Rica	Ghana	Guinea-Bissau
	Channel Islands	Cuba	Guatemala	Haiti
	Chile	Dominica	Guyana	Kyrgyz
	China	Dominican Republic	Honduras	Republic Liberia
	Croatia	Ecuador	India	Madagascar
	Cyprus	Fiji	Indonesia	Malawi
	Czech Republic	Gabon	Kenya	Mali
	Denmark	Grenada	Kiribati	Mozambique
	Equatorial	Iran, Islamic Rep.	Kosovo	Nepal
	Guinea	Iraq	Lao PDR	Niger
	Estonia	Jamaica	Lesotho	Rwanda
	Finland	Jordan	Mauritania	Sierra Leone
	France	Kazakhstan	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	Somalia
	Germany	Lebanon	Moldova	South Sudan
	Greece	Libya	Morocco	Tanzania
	Greenland	Macedonia, FYR	Myanmar	Togo
	Hong Kong SAR, China	Malaysia	Nicaragua	Uganda
	Hungary	Maldives	Nigeria	Zimbabwe
	Iceland	Marshall Islands	Pakistan
	Ireland	Mauritius	Papua New Guinea
	Israel	Mexico	Philippines
	Italy	Mongolia	Samoa
	Japan	Montenegro	Sao Tome and Principe
	Korea, Rep.	Namibia	Senegal
	Kuwait	Palau	Solomon Islands
	Latvia	Panama	Sri Lanka
	Liechtenstein	Paraguay	Sudan
	Lithuania	Peru	Swaziland
	Luxembourg	Romania	Syrian Arab Republic
	Macao SAR, China	Serbia	Tajikistan
	Malta	South Africa	Timor Leste
	Monaco	St. Lucia	Ukraine
	Netherlands	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Uzbekistan
	New Zealand	Suriname	Vanuatu
	Norway	Taiwan	Vietnam
	Oman	Thailand	West Bank and Gaza
	Poland	Tonga	Yemen, Rep.
	Portugal	Tunisia	Zambia
	Puerto Rico	Turkey
	Qatar	Turkmenistan
	Russian Federation	Tuvalu
	San Marino
	Saudi Arabia
	Seychelles
	Singapore
	Slovak Republic
	Slovenia
	Spain
	Sweden
	Switzerland
	Trinidad and Tobago
	United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Virgin Islands

Please note that this APC fees list is classified in line with the category of World Bank Country and Lending Groups, with minor adjustments. GCEJ will waive all APC fees for submissions received prior to 31 December 2025. Authors from Low-income Countries will continue to receive support, encouraging their engagement with GCEJ. 

GCEJ is committed to advancing scientific, engineering, and clinical knowledge by fostering global collaboration. Our contributors, readers, and editorial team span diverse regions and perspectives worldwide. As such, our focus remains solely on the merit of the applied research, its scientific integrity, and its contribution to the advancement of healthcare technologies.

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