About JMVRA: Journal Facts, Scope, Mission, Peer Review Process, Fees and Licence, Explained Honestly

JMVRA at a Glance: The Facts

Authors deciding where to submit need facts before persuasion, so this page begins with the facts and keeps the persuasion for later. JMVRA is the abbreviation of the Journal of Modern and Versatile Research Approach, a multidisciplinary research journal published online by JMVRA Publication from jmvra.org. It was established in June 2023, publishes twelve issues a year, carries the online ISSN 2984-8911, licenses every article under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, registers Crossref DOIs under the prefix 10.56975, and charges a single publication fee that becomes due only after a manuscript has been accepted through peer review.

What the Name Means and What JMVRA Publishes

The title is a description of intent. "Modern" signals current methods and current problems; "versatile" signals that the journal is not confined to one discipline or one kind of paper; "research approach" signals that the journal is interested in how a question is investigated, not only in results. In practice JMVRA publishes original research articles, review articles, short communications, case studies and methodological papers from across the sciences, engineering and technology, computer science, management and commerce, social sciences, education, humanities, law and allied fields. Interdisciplinary work that would struggle to find a home in a single-subject journal is particularly welcome.

What JMVRA does not publish is equally important: papers without a method, papers that are advertisements for a product or institution, manuscripts under consideration elsewhere, and work that fails similarity screening. The call for papers lists current article types and any themed issues.

Mission, Vision and the Principles Behind Them

JMVRA was founded on a simple observation. A large share of researchers in India and in comparable countries are unfunded: scholars paying from stipends, teachers meeting promotion requirements, postgraduates publishing from dissertations. For them the choice is often between an expensive journal they cannot afford and a cheap journal that does not review. The journal exists to remove that false choice by running genuine peer review and permanent open access publication at a cost a stipend can bear.

Mission

To give researchers across disciplines a transparent, affordable and permanent route to peer-reviewed open access publication, so that sound work is reviewed on its merits, published under a licence that lets it travel, and remains findable for as long as the record exists.

Vision

A research culture in which affordability and rigour are not opposites: where authors can verify every claim a journal makes, where review is a conversation that improves the paper, and where the published version of record belongs to the author and the reader rather than to a paywall.

Who JMVRA Is For

The Peer Review Process, Honestly Described

Most journal "about" pages say "rigorous peer review" and stop. This section describes what actually happens to a manuscript at JMVRA, because a process you can picture is a process you can hold the journal to. The review is double-blind: reviewers do not see author identities and authors do not see reviewer identities. The workflow runs on a journal management system that records every step, so that any decision can be traced to the reviews behind it.

1. Day 0

   You submit an editable manuscript through the portal and receive a registration ID. Keep it; it is your key to tracking and to all correspondence.

2. Within about a week

   The editorial office screens for scope, completeness, formatting and similarity. Manuscripts that are out of scope or fail screening are returned with a reason rather than sent to reviewers.

3. Typically one to four weeks

   Subject reviewers assess originality, method, clarity, ethics and contribution, and recommend a decision. Reviewers who do not respond are reminded and replaced; this is the stage whose length depends on the paper and the reviewers, and the journal does not promise a fixed number of days.

4. Decision

   The handling editor issues accept, minor revision, major revision or reject, with the reviewers' comments. Revisions carry a deadline and a second look by the editor or the original reviewers.

5. After acceptance

   The publication fee is paid, the signed undertaking is returned, the typeset proof is checked, and the paper appears in the current or next monthly issue with a unique paper ID and an optional Crossref DOI.

Editorial Board, Reviewers and How to Join

JMVRA's editorial board is listed by name and affiliation on the editorial board page, and authors are encouraged to verify members through their institutions, exactly as our verification guides recommend for any journal. The board sets policy and handles decisions; a wider reviewer panel, drawn from many disciplines, carries out the double-blind assessments. Reviewers are credited for completed reviews and can request a certificate of reviewing.

• Reviewers apply through the join as reviewer page with a short profile, areas of expertise and publication record.
• Applicants are matched to manuscripts by subject; nobody reviews outside their field.
• Each review is logged in the management system, so a reviewer's record is complete and portable.
• Editorial board positions are considered on the basis of reviewing history and subject need; the route is described on the become an editor or reviewer page.
• Conflicts of interest are declared at assignment, and reviewers may decline any manuscript.

Fees: What JMVRA Charges, When, and What Is Included

JMVRA charges one publication fee per accepted paper and no fee of any kind before acceptance. The fee is Rs 971 for Indian authors and US$41 for international authors. It is printed on the publication charges page before you submit, it does not change by email, and payment is made only through the options listed on the payment options page. Optional add-ons, including a Crossref DOI, printed certificates and hard copies, are priced separately on the charges page and are never required for publication.

What the publication fee includes

• Peer review and editorial handling (already completed by the time the fee is due)
• Typesetting to the journal template and a unique paper ID
• Online publication in the monthly issue under CC BY 4.0, free for every reader
• A softcopy certificate of publication for each author and a confirmation letter
• Article metadata exposed for discovery services, and a citation generator on the article page
• Permanent availability in the journal archive

The fee timing is the policy. A journal that reviews first and charges later is risking its own effort on your paper; that is the arrangement JMVRA chose.

Open Access, Licence, Copyright, DOI and Archiving

Impact Factor, Indexing and Discovery: The Honest Version

This is the section where many journal pages overstate, so JMVRA states its position plainly. JMVRA's 11.25 is a calculated metric based on citations from Google Scholar and Semantic Scholar. It is not an official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor (JCR). JMVRA is not indexed in Scopus, Web of Science or DOAJ and does not claim to be. Verified citation counts and an h-index for the journal are pending verification; the journal will publish them when it can stand behind the figures, and it does not borrow statistics from other journals.

JMVRA and UGC: The Exact Position

Because the question arrives daily, here is the exact wording. JMVRA is a Transparent, Peer-Reviewed, Open Access Journal (Refereed Journal). Following the discontinuation of the UGC and UGC-CARE journal listing, and in alignment with the latest UGC-CARE recommendations and guidelines, JMVRA is aligned with UGC's Suggested Parameters for Choosing Peer-Reviewed Journals.

In plain terms: UGC discontinued the CARE list after its October 2024 decision and replaced it in July 2025 with Suggestive Parameters that institutions apply themselves. JMVRA, established in June 2023, has never held a CARE listing and does not quote a UGC journal number; what it does is document, parameter by parameter, how it meets the new framework, on the UGC CARE discontinued page. Whether a JMVRA publication satisfies your institution's rule is a decision only your institution can make; take the evidence to your research cell and get the answer in writing before you submit.

Verify Every Claim on This Page

A journal that asks authors to verify other journals must invite the same scrutiny. The routine below takes about five minutes and uses only third-party sources.

1. ISSNSearch 2984-8911 at portal.issn.org; compare title, publisher and medium.
2. DOIsOpen any three article DOIs under 10.56975 and confirm they resolve to jmvra.org.
3. BoardPick two editorial board members and find them on their institutional pages.
4. PoliciesRead the peer review, ethics, licence and charges pages; check that the fee matches this page.
5. MetricConfirm the impact figure is labelled as a calculated metric, not a JCR figure.
6. ArchiveBrowse three monthly issues and read two recent papers for scope and quality.

If anything fails, tell us. A discrepancy between this page and a policy page is a bug, and the policy page is authoritative until it is fixed.

JMVRA's Sister Journals in the Network

JMVRA is one of three journals in a shared publishing network, all using the same editorial workflow, the same Crossref DOI prefix 10.56975 and the same principle of review before payment. If your paper fits another title's scope better, the cards below give the facts and the links.

^* JMVRA’s 11.25 is a calculated metric based on citations from Google Scholar and Semantic Scholar. It is not an official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor (JCR). TIJER and JNRID details are as stated by their publisher. Full comparison: Our Journals.

All three journals accept submissions only through their own portals. Questions about fit, scope or process can be sent to [email protected] or by WhatsApp to +91 91063 65667 before you submit.

Conclusion: What You Now Know About JMVRA

You now have every fact an author needs about JMVRA: a monthly, multidisciplinary, online, open access journal with ISSN 2984-8911, established in June 2023 and published by JMVRA Publication; double-blind peer review that happens before any payment; a fee of Rs 971 or US$41 due only after acceptance; CC BY 4.0 licensing with copyright retained by authors; Crossref DOIs under 10.56975; an honestly labelled calculated metric rather than a borrowed impact factor; no claim to Scopus, Web of Science or DOAJ; and alignment with UGC's Suggested Parameters documented page by page. Verify each of those at the sources given, and if the journal passes your checks, submit your paper.

How Journey & Wisdom Helps

JMVRA is published within the Journey & Wisdom group, which runs four shared services — similarity checking, journal management, DOI registration and conference management — and thirteen publication platforms. These are the ones that matter most for this guide. For anything not listed here, email [email protected] or message WhatsApp +91 91063 65667 to discuss your requirement.

JWJMS

Journal management system

Runs the editorial workflow: online submission portal, author dashboard, desk screening, reviewer invitations and reminders, revision rounds, decisions, issue building and publication scheduling — with a full record of every step.

jwjms.org →

JWDOI

Crossref DOI registration

Registers Crossref DOIs and deposits article metadata, and gives journals a sponsored DOI prefix without joining Crossref directly — for journals, books, chapters and proceedings.

jwdoi.org →

JWSCAN

Plagiarism & similarity check

Checks a manuscript for similarity before submission with iThenticate (by Turnitin) and returns an overall similarity index with a source-by-source report editors can act on.

jwscan.org →

Scholar Research Publication Network

Scholar network

A researcher-centred network connecting an author's publications, profile and citations.

scholarrpn.org →

OpenRGATE

Repository & discovery

A free open-access repository and journal-discovery platform where finished work is deposited so it stays findable.

openrgate.org →

See every Journey & Wisdom product and platform · JW ecosystem map

How to publish a paper in JMVRA: step by step

1. 1

   Check the scope and current call for papers

   Confirm your article type and subject fit, and note any themed issue deadlines.

2. 2

   Verify the journal's facts

   Search ISSN 2984-8911 on the ISSN Portal, resolve a DOI, and read the peer review, ethics, licence and charges pages.

3. 3

   Prepare the manuscript on the JMVRA template

   Editable .DOCX, complete structure, one reference style, captioned figures, a separate title page for blind review.

4. 4

   Run a similarity check and fix the report

   Rewrite or cite flagged passages before submission; keep the report.

5. 5

   Complete the declarations

   Originality, no simultaneous submission, authorship, funding, conflicts, ethics approval and AI disclosure.

6. 6

   Submit through the portal at jmvra.org

   Enter metadata carefully and save the registration ID from the acknowledgement.

7. 7

   Respond to screening and review

   Expect screening within about a week and a first decision typically within one to four weeks; answer every reviewer comment point by point.

8. 8

   Pay only after the acceptance letter

   Rs 971 for Indian authors or US$41 for international authors, through the payment options page; choose add-ons if you want them.

9. 9

   Return the undertaking and check the proof

   Confirm author names, affiliations and figures before the issue closes.

10. 10

    After publication, make it count

    File the certificate and DOI, add the article to ORCID and Google Scholar, and deposit the PDF in a repository.

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