1) What is open access ? How much does it cost to publish
or read JAFIB
Open Access is defined as : "the publication of
material in such a way that it is available to all potential users
without financial or other barriers". The only requirement you have to
fulfill to access JAFIB full text is that you should get registered
for free. We only ask for your name and email, this is needed because
we have enabled comments on published material - and we need to know
who is making comments. It does not cost you anything to read/publish
in JAFIB.
2) Is this peer-reviewed?
Yes. We have an international panel of editors, and the
editor-in-chief is Dr. Andrea Natale.
3) Who publishes JAFIB ?
JAFIB is published by CardioFront Inc, 7113 w based in Kansas
City, KS. The technical support is provided by Clinnovo Research Labs.
4) How does the copyright work ?
All material published in JAFIB has a Open Access
license, the copyright is owned by the author or the original
copyright owner. CardioFront LLC or its affiliates do not have any
copyright or ownership on the material published in JAFIB.
5) So how does the revenue model work ?
This is an attempt to challenge the conventional
scholarly publishing model, with the aim to make knowledge free for
all. The primary source of revenue for the journal is advertisements
and sponsorships. Please note that the we do not support direct
advertising at this point, and this policy may be revised in
future.
6) How can I submit my manuscript ?
Assuming that you have registered please login and go
ahead and submit your manuscript online. If you face any challenges we
are happy to help you, please write to
customer.support@jafib.com.
7) What is JAFIBs impact factor ?
All new journals take on the average 2 years to get an
impact factor. We hope the consistent quality of scholarly material
and large readership will help JAFIB get a good impact factor
soon.
8) But is this indexed ?
We have applied for indexing via DOAJ and Google
Scholar. For Medline/Pubmed indexing we have to wait till three issues
are released. We use advanced indexing techniques to make your
manuscripts more "visible" in all search engines like google, yahoo
etc.,