Fee

Launch Fee Policy

Communications, Electronics and Sensing Systems charges no article processing charge, no submission fee, no page fee, and no publication fee at launch.

What Authors Pay

• Submission: no charge.
• Technical check and editorial screening: no charge.
• Peer review: no charge.
• Publication after acceptance: no charge.
• Colour figures, online supplementary files, and normal metadata publication: no charge in the online version.

What Is Not Covered

Authors remain responsible for third-party permissions, language editing if they choose to use it, specialist artwork services, repository fees charged by external repositories, and costs required by their own institution or funder.

Future Changes

If the journal later introduces any fee, the policy must be posted publicly before it applies. Fee changes must not be applied retroactively to manuscripts already submitted under a no-fee policy unless authors explicitly agree.

Editorial Independence

Because the launch model has no APC, acceptance decisions cannot be tied to author payment. Operational support should be separated from editorial assessment and should be disclosed if it materially affects journal operations. Editorial decisions should remain based on the standards described for communications, electronics, and sensing systems.