JCTH adopts the open access publishing model. Open Access provides anyone in the world free and immediate online access to the scholarly literature to read, download, distribute, and reuse. To enable us to maintain a sustainable open access platform and thus serve as a conduit for communication among scholarly communities, authors pay an article processing charge (APC) for manuscripts that have undergone peer review and been accepted for publication.
JCTH is mostly financially supported by the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, with limited revenue of APC from authors or their institutions/support funds. There are no fees for submission, and no charges for articles that are rejected.
◎ Once the manuscript is accepted, the APC is due, and the author is responsible for paying the amount. The APC is non-refundable. In situations such as withdrawal before publication and retraction after publication, the APC will not be refunded. Additionally, if an article requires retraction, the author(s) will be required to pay a retraction fee to cover the associated costs.
a, Original article, review, systematic review and meta-analysis, illuminating and instructive clinical case.
b, Research letter.
c, Editorial, commentary and letter to the editor.
