Article processing charges

The Journal of Clinical Medicine of Kazakhstan (JCMK) levies an Article Processing Charge (APC) of $500 USD for all accepted manuscripts which are submitted after August 1st, 2026.

To support equitable access to publication, we offer full (100%) APC waivers to corresponding authors based in Low-Income Countries (LIC), and a 40% waiver to those in Lower-Middle-Income Countries (LMIC), as classified by the World Bank.

Waiver eligibility requires that the corresponding author and at least 50% of co-authors are affiliated with institutions in the eligible LIC or LMIC countries.


The list of the LIC or LMIC countries by World Bank 2025

LOW-INCOME ECONOMIES (100% APC waiver)

Afghanistan

Guinea-Bissau

Sierra Leone

Burkina Faso

Korea, Dem. People's Rep

Somalia

Burundi

Liberia

South Sudan

Central African Republic

Madagascar

Sudan

Chad

Malawi

Syrian Arab Republic  

Congo, Dem. Rep

Mali

Uganda

Eritrea

Mozambique

Yemen, Rep.

Ethiopia

Niger

 

Gambia, The

Rwanda

 

 

LOWER-MIDDLE INCOME ECONOMIES 40% APC waiver)

Angola

India

Senegal

Bangladesh

Kenya

Solomon Islands  

Benin

Kiribati

Tajikistan

Bhutan

Kyrgyz Republic  

Tanzania

Bolivia

Lao PDR  

Timor-Leste

Cambodia

Lebanon

Togo

Cameroon

Lesotho

Tunisia

Comoros

Mauritania

Uzbekistan

Congo, Rep.  

Morocco

Vanuatu

Côte d'Ivoire  

Myanmar

Venezuela

Djibouti

Namibia

West Bank and Gaza

Egypt, Arab Rep.

Nepal

Zambia

Eswatini

Nicaragua

Zimbabwe

Ghana

Nigeria

 

Guinea

Pakistan

 

Haiti

Papua New Guinea  

 

Honduras

São Tomé and Principe

 

 

https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/906519-world-bank-country-and-lending-groups