Article Publication Charges (APC)

Subscription journals manage the cost through a fee to access the content. As Open Access content is freely accessible and available, the costs are recouped through publication policy. Journals utilize a variety of ways to generate the income required to cover publishing costs (including editorial cost, any cost of administrating the peer review system, promotion of the contents, circulation, and indexing etc.), such as subsidies from institutions and subscriptions. A number of open access journals do not charge an article processing fee, but the majority of significant and growing number of journals do.
Once the article has been submitted to the journal, the Author will be awarded an acknowledgement letter-a receipt of receiving the article. Then the article will go through the Pre- Editorial Review which meant to check up and scrutinize the submitted article on the basic criteria of ARES Publishing Policy, it includes: scope, Non-Repository Turnitin Originality (below than 19%), Basic Format (Authors’ Strength and Citation Style etc.), and Abstract and Key Words
After pre-editorial review, the article will be sent to the formal editorial and peer review process. Peer Review and Evaluation includes double -blind peer review. Specific articles may be sent to a third reviewer, if required. The article will be accepted if two referees recommend it for publication. 

Article Publication Charges (APC) for the manuscript submitted to the Archives of Educational Studies are given below:
1. PKR 10,000 for normal publication time (up to 2 months)
2. PKR 25,000 for urgent publication (up to 2 weeks)
3. PKR 35,000 for fast-track publication (up to 1 week)

The APC will be deposited into the Treasurer's Account of the University of Okara, which will be provided after the paper is accepted.