Article Processing Charges

Smartification in Accounting, Economics, and Financial Management operates as an open access journal and applies an Article Processing Charge (APC) of 3,000,000 Tomans for manuscripts accepted for publication.

The APC contributes to the costs associated with editorial administration, manuscript processing, online publication, journal website maintenance, digital hosting, production, archiving, and the provision of permanent open access to published articles.

The Article Processing Charge is applicable only after a manuscript has successfully completed the editorial and peer-review process and has been formally accepted for publication. Payment of an APC does not guarantee acceptance of a submitted manuscript and has no influence on editorial evaluation or peer-review decisions.

All manuscripts are assessed according to the journal's academic and editorial standards regardless of the authors' financial status or payment of publication charges. Editors and reviewers are expected to base their evaluations solely on criteria such as originality, methodological rigor, scholarly contribution, relevance to the journal, ethical compliance, and clarity of presentation.

Authors will receive payment instructions following formal acceptance when applicable. Authors should not make any payment before receiving an official acceptance decision and the relevant instructions from the journal.

The journal endeavors to maintain transparency regarding publication charges. Any applicable APC information should therefore be communicated to authors prior to final publication so that authors are aware of the financial requirements associated with publication.