What an Open Access Multidisciplinary Journal Network Is
An open access multidisciplinary journal network is a small group of journals run under one publishing approach: each title accepts research from many disciplines, each publishes articles free for anyone to read, and each follows the same broad rules on peer review, fees and licensing. The JMVRA network is one such group. It consists of exactly three journals, always listed in the same order: the Journal of Modern and Versatile Research Approach (JMVRA), TIJER – International Research Journal, and the Journal of Novel Research and Innovative Development (JNRID). All three are online, monthly and multidisciplinary.
The word "network" matters for a practical reason. When you understand how one journal in it handles screening, review, acceptance and payment, you understand the others, so you can move a paper to a better-fitting title without learning a new system. That is different from a publisher portfolio of hundreds of specialised journals, and different again from a single journal that accepts everything. This guide treats the network as a route, not a destination: the aim is a correctly reviewed, openly licensed, findable article, and the network is one way to get there.
Why Researchers Publish Through a Journal Network
Authors who contact the JMVRA editorial office describe the same three obstacles again and again. A network is designed around them.
Scope
A study of mobile payments in rural co-operatives is part economics, part information systems, part sociology. Single-subject journals reject it as "out of scope" before anyone reads the method. A multidisciplinary journal reads it on its merits.
Cost
Many open access titles charge article processing fees that a self-funded scholar cannot meet. The network journals publish one fee each, in the same low band, and JMVRA asks for it only after acceptance.
Uncertainty
From outside, it is hard to tell how a journal reviews, what it really charges and whether its claims can be checked. A network with a common, published process lets you verify once and apply the knowledge three times.
Choice without restarting
If one journal's issue timing or focus is wrong for your paper, you can consider a sister title whose rules you already know, instead of beginning the search from nothing.
A network does not lower the bar. It makes the bar visible, and it makes clearing it the same exercise in each journal.
Open Access Explained: Models, Licences and Who Pays
"Open access" is used loosely, so it helps to fix the terms before comparing journals. Open access means the published article can be read in full by anyone with an internet connection, with no subscription, institutional login or per-article charge. How a journal funds that varies, and the funding model is what the colour labels describe.
| Model | Who can read | Who pays | Where the version of record lives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold open access | Everyone, immediately | Usually the author or funder, through a publication fee | On the journal's own website |
| Diamond (platinum) open access | Everyone, immediately | Nobody at the article level; an institution or society funds the journal | On the journal's website |
| Green open access | Everyone, often after an embargo | Readers' libraries pay subscriptions; the author deposits a copy | Subscription journal, with a copy in a repository |
| Hybrid | Everyone for the paid articles; subscribers for the rest | Author pays to open a single article in a subscription journal | Journal website, mixed access |
The JMVRA network journals follow the gold model: the article is free to read from the day it is published, and the author pays a single publication fee. In JMVRA's case that fee is ₹971 for Indian authors and US$41 for international authors, payable only after the paper is accepted.
What CC BY 4.0 lets readers do
JMVRA publishes under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence. Readers may copy, redistribute, translate, adapt and build on the article for any purpose, including commercial use, provided they credit the authors and the original publication and indicate any changes. For an author this has three practical consequences.
- You can deposit the published PDF in your institutional repository, on your professional profile and in subject archives without asking permission.
- A lecturer in another country can translate your paper for a class, and the credit still points to you.
- Text-mining and indexing services can process the article freely, which is part of how it becomes discoverable.
What Multidisciplinary Really Means, and Who It Suits
A multidisciplinary journal accepts papers from many fields and publishes them side by side. It is not the same as an interdisciplinary journal, which specialises in work that fuses methods from two or more fields into one argument. The distinction affects how you frame a submission.
A multidisciplinary journal is a good fit when
- Your paper belongs clearly to one discipline but no affordable single-subject journal is available to you
- Your work crosses two fields and a specialist journal in either would call it out of scope
- Your readers are practitioners, teachers or policy staff rather than one narrow research community
- You are an early-career author or postgraduate publishing a first full paper
- You need a predictable monthly schedule for a degree or appraisal deadline
Think again when
- Your field expects publication only in a handful of named specialist titles for career progression
- The paper depends on a specialist reviewer pool that a broad journal cannot guarantee
- Your funder or university mandates a specific index, which you should check in the database itself
- You are choosing the journal only because it is fast; speed without review is a warning sign
Within the network, "multidisciplinary" is applied at the screening stage: editors ask whether the paper is a genuine research contribution that a reviewer in or near its field can assess, not whether it fits a subject list. Scope rejections are therefore rare, but out-of-scope does still exist: advertising copy, unverifiable claims and papers with no identifiable method are declined at the desk.
The Three Journals in the JMVRA Network
The cards below carry each journal's facts as its publisher states them: full name, ISSN with a link to the ISSN Portal so you can verify it, year of establishment, website, fee position and the claims each journal makes about itself. JMVRA is the journal run from this website; TIJER and JNRID are its partner journals, and their submissions begin from a shared page on researchwave.org.
Journal of Modern and Versatile Research Approach (JMVRA)
- ISSN 2984-8911 Verify ISSN
- ESTD 2023 · Publisher JMVRA Publication · Website jmvra.org
- Impact Factor 11.25* · Crossref DOI prefix 10.56975
- Publication fee ₹971 Indian authors · US$41 international — payable only after acceptance
- Aligned with UGC’s Suggested Parameters for Choosing Peer-Reviewed Journals
TIJER – International Research Journal
- ISSN 2349-9249 Verify ISSN · ESTD 2014 · Website tijer.org
- Publication fee Low cost ₹970 INR Indian · $50 USD international
- UGC CARE Approved, Transparent Peer-Reviewed (Refereed) Journal as per new UGC Notification
- Multidisciplinary · Monthly · Crossref DOI · Indexing in all major databases & metadata
Journal of Novel Research and Innovative Development (JNRID)
- ISSN 2984-8687 Verify ISSN · ESTD 2023 · Website jnrid.org
- Publication fee Low cost ₹970 INR Indian · $50 USD international
- UGC CARE Approved, Transparent Peer-Reviewed (Refereed) Journal as per new UGC Notification
- Multidisciplinary · Monthly · Crossref DOI · Indexing in all major databases & metadata
* 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.
Two cautions apply to every card. First, verify the ISSN yourself with the link provided; a matching record on the ISSN Portal is the first check any author should run on any journal. Second, note the wording on impact: JMVRA's figure is a calculated metric, and TIJER and JNRID are described as High Impact Factor journals by their publisher. None of these is a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor, and the network does not claim otherwise.
Choosing Between JMVRA, TIJER and JNRID
Because all three journals are multidisciplinary, monthly and online, the choice is rarely about subject. It is about practical preferences: where you want to submit, how long a publishing history you value, and whether your work has an innovation emphasis. The table compares the non-financial points; fees are on the cards above.
| Question | JMVRA | TIJER | JNRID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Established | June 2023 | 2014 | 2023 |
| Where you submit | jmvra.org/submitpaper.php, with tracking on this site | researchwave.org network page | researchwave.org network page |
| Title emphasis | Modern and versatile research approaches across disciplines | International research across disciplines | Novel research and innovative development |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 | As stated by the publisher | As stated by the publisher |
| DOI | Crossref DOI under prefix 10.56975, registered through JWDOI as an add-on | Crossref DOI (publisher's statement) | Crossref DOI (publisher's statement) |
| Best suited to | Authors who want the whole process on one site, with documents issued here | Authors who value the longest track record in the network | Authors whose work centres on a new method, product or model |
From Submission to Monthly Issue: The Workflow
A JMVRA manuscript passes through five stages. Each exists to protect something: screening protects reviewers' time, review protects the literature, acceptance-before-payment protects the author, and issue building protects the record.
- SubmitUpload the manuscript, author details and a short cover note at submitpaper.php; you receive a registration ID for tracking
- ScreenEditors check completeness, formatting, scope fit and similarity before any reviewer is invited
- ReviewReviewers in or near the field assess question, method, evidence and contribution and recommend an outcome
- Decide and reviseAccept, minor revision, major revision or decline; revisions are answered point by point
- Accept and payOnly after acceptance is the fee requested; JMVRA's is ₹971 or US$41
- PublishThe article is built into the next monthly issue, with metadata and, if requested, a Crossref DOI
Behind these stages the editorial office uses JWJMS, the group's journal management system, which keeps a record of every step: the submission, the screening note, each reviewer invitation and reminder, each revision round, the decision and the issue placement. That record is what lets the office tell an author exactly where a paper stands when they ask.
How Peer Review Works in the Network
Every journal in the network is peer-reviewed and refereed. After a submission clears screening it goes to reviewers who work in or close to the paper's subject. They are asked to look at four things above all.
Question
Is the research question or objective stated clearly enough that a reader knows what success would look like?
Method
Can the design, sample, instruments or analysis actually answer that question, and are they described well enough to repeat?
Evidence
Do the results support the conclusions, with no claims that outrun the data?
Contribution
Does the paper add something not already published, even if the addition is modest and local?
The four outcomes
Reviewers recommend acceptance, minor revision, major revision or rejection, and the editor decides. A revision request is the most common outcome for a sound paper and is not a failure. The fastest route from revision to acceptance is a response letter that lists each reviewer comment, states what changed and where, and explains politely where you disagree and why.
What "transparent" means here
In the network's usage, transparent review means the stages are stated openly and the author is always told the paper's current status: received, under screening, under review, revision requested, accepted or declined. It does not mean reviewers' names are published. Timelines are given as ranges rather than promises, because they depend on reviewer availability; a few weeks from submission to first decision is typical for a complete, in-scope paper, and longer when a major revision is needed. If any journal promises acceptance before anyone has read the manuscript, that is a warning sign, not a service.
- Day 0
Submission received; registration ID issued; author can track status.
- Days 1 to 7 (typical)
Editorial screening for completeness, scope and similarity; desk decline or pass to review.
- Weeks 1 to 4 (typical)
Reviewer invitations, reports and the first editorial decision.
- Revision window
Author revises and responds; a second look confirms the changes.
- Acceptance
Fee requested; publication documents prepared.
- Next monthly issue
Article published open access, metadata deposited.
Illustrative ranges only; the actual time depends on the paper and on reviewer response.
Fees: What Is Charged, When, and What It Covers
Fee transparency is one of the parameters UGC asks authors to check and one of the easiest to verify. The network's position is that the full charge is stated before you submit and that nothing is payable until a paper has been accepted on review.
- JMVRA: ₹971 for Indian authors, US$41 for international authors, payable only after acceptance.
- An optional Crossref DOI add-on for JMVRA articles, priced as listed on the site, registered through JWDOI under prefix 10.56975.
- TIJER and JNRID fees are shown on their cards above, as stated by their publisher.
- No submission fee, no screening fee and no charge for a declined paper, in any of the three journals.
What the publication fee pays for
In a gold open access journal with no subscription income, the fee funds the work that turns a manuscript into a permanent, findable article: editorial screening, reviewer coordination, copy checks, issue building, hosting, metadata deposit and the author documents issued after publication. It does not buy acceptance, and a journal that cannot explain what its fee covers should be treated with caution.
DOI, Discovery and Indexing: Being Found After Publication
A Digital Object Identifier is a permanent link that resolves to the article even if the journal changes its page structure years later. JMVRA DOIs are Crossref DOIs under the group's prefix 10.56975, registered through JWDOI, which also deposits the article's metadata (title, authors, abstract, references) so that citation services can pick it up.
Discovery is what happens next: search engines and scholarly services find the article and show it to people searching for the topic. JMVRA publishes a set of discovery links on its indexing page so that you can check its presence yourself. Some of those links, such as Crossref Search, OpenAlex and Google Search, open a search results page; they are discovery tools, not proof of indexing, and the network labels them that way.
- JMVRA does not claim to be indexed in Scopus, Web of Science or DOAJ.
- No journal in the network guarantees indexing, citations or an impact factor as a result of publication.
- Impact figures are stated with their basis: 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).
For reach beyond the journal site, the group's Research Wave and Open Research Wave platforms emphasise open metadata and repository deposit, and the free OpenRGATE repository keeps a deposited copy findable. Scholar Research Publication Network connects an author's publications, profile and citations in one place. None of these replaces the journal's version of record; they make it easier to find.
Where the Network Stands on UGC
Indian authors usually ask about UGC before anything else. JMVRA's position is set out in one statement: 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.
Three points of context. UGC decided in October 2024 to discontinue the UGC-CARE list and notified suggestive parameters in 2025, so there is no current list for any journal to be on. UGC journal numbers belonged to the earlier approved list, which closed before JMVRA was established in June 2023, so JMVRA has none. And institutions now apply the parameters through their own committees, so check your university's current rule before submitting anywhere. TIJER and JNRID state their own UGC position on their cards above.
After Publication: Getting the Most From an Open Access Article
Publication is the start of an article's working life, not the end of the project. Because the licence is CC BY 4.0, almost everything below can be done without asking permission.
- DepositPut the published PDF in your institutional repository and in OpenRGATE
- ProfileAdd the article, with its DOI, to your Google Scholar, ORCID and Scholar Research Publication Network profiles
- SharePost the DOI link, not the PDF alone, so that reads and citations resolve to the version of record
- TeachUse the article in your own teaching and let colleagues translate or adapt it with credit
- TrackCheck periodically who cites the paper; citations are the slowest and most durable measure of reach
- CorrectIf you find an error, ask the journal for a correction notice rather than silently editing a copy
Keep the record
Store the final manuscript, the submission confirmation, reviewer comments, your response letter, the acceptance message, the payment receipt and the published PDF in one folder. Appraisal committees, promotion panels and degree boards often ask for exactly this bundle, and assembling it years later is far harder than saving it on the day.
Preparing a Manuscript That Clears Screening First Time
Most delays come from the file, not the research. A manuscript that arrives complete passes screening quickly and gives reviewers nothing to trip over except the work itself.
Do
- Write a title that names the topic and, where useful, the setting or method
- Give an abstract of roughly 150 to 250 words: aim, method, main result, conclusion
- Choose four to six keywords a reader would actually type
- Use clear sections: introduction, literature, method, results, discussion, conclusion
- Number and caption every table and figure and refer to each in the text
- Match every in-text citation to the reference list in one consistent style
- Run your own similarity check and cite every quoted or paraphrased source
- Check author names, affiliations and the corresponding author's email
Avoid
- Submitting the same paper to two journals at once
- Reusing large parts of your own earlier paper without citing it
- Claims in the conclusion that the results do not support
- Figures pasted as low-resolution screenshots
- Adding co-authors who did not contribute, or omitting those who did
- Leaving tracked changes and comments in the uploaded file
A pre-submission similarity report from JWSCAN, which uses iThenticate (by Turnitin) and returns an overall similarity index with a source-by-source breakdown, lets you fix citation gaps before an editor sees them.
Glossary of Terms Used in This Guide
Open access
Published research that anyone can read in full online without payment or login.
Multidisciplinary journal
A journal that accepts and publishes research from many fields side by side.
CC BY 4.0
A Creative Commons licence allowing reuse for any purpose with attribution; the author keeps copyright.
Refereed
Assessed by independent reviewers before acceptance; a synonym for peer-reviewed.
DOI
Digital Object Identifier, a permanent link to an article, registered with Crossref.
Metadata
The structured description of an article (title, authors, abstract, references) that services use to index it.
Version of record
The final published article on the journal's site; the copy that DOIs and citations point to.
Duplicate submission
Sending one manuscript to two journals at the same time; an ethics breach that leads to rejection.
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 systemRuns 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
JWSCAN
Plagiarism & similarity checkChecks 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
JWDOI
Crossref DOI registrationRegisters 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
Research Wave
Research disseminationJournal articles and books with an emphasis on reach: open metadata, repository deposit and discovery feeds.
researchwave.org
Open Research Wave
Open-access publicationThe open-access arm of the network, so finished research is free to read, with metadata deposited for discovery.
orwave.org
Scholar Research Publication Network
Scholar networkA researcher-centred network connecting an author's publications, profile and citations.
scholarrpn.orgSee every Journey & Wisdom product and platform · JW ecosystem map
How to publish a paper through the JMVRA journal network: step by step
Confirm the paper is a research contribution
It should state a question, describe a method, present evidence and draw conclusions the evidence supports; reports, opinion pieces and advertising are not reviewed.
Choose one network journal
Use the comparison table: JMVRA for the whole process on this site, TIJER for the longest track record, JNRID for innovation-led work. Submit to one only.
Verify the journal yourself
Open the ISSN link on the card, read the peer review and fee pages, and resolve a DOI or two from a recent issue.
Prepare the manuscript
Work through the Do list above; run a similarity check through JWSCAN if you want a report before submission.
Submit
For JMVRA, upload at submitpaper.php and keep the registration ID; for TIJER or JNRID, start from the researchwave.org network page.
Pass screening
Respond promptly if editors ask for a missing file, an affiliation or a formatting fix.
Answer the reviewers
Revise, and send a point-by-point response letter that shows what changed and where.
Pay only after acceptance
JMVRA's fee of ₹971 or US$41 is requested once the paper is accepted; request the Crossref DOI add-on at this point if you want one.
Check the proof
Confirm names, affiliations, figures and references before the article enters the monthly issue.
Work the article after publication
Deposit it, add it to your profiles with the DOI, share the link and keep the complete record in one folder.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is an open access multidisciplinary journal?
It is a journal that accepts research from many fields and publishes every article free for anyone to read online, with no subscription or login. The JMVRA network journals follow the gold open access model: the author pays one publication fee after acceptance, and JMVRA releases the article under a CC BY 4.0 licence so that readers may share and build on it with credit.
Which journals are in the JMVRA journal network?
Three: the Journal of Modern and Versatile Research Approach (JMVRA, online ISSN 2984-8911, established June 2023), TIJER – International Research Journal (ISSN 2349-9249, established 2014) and the Journal of Novel Research and Innovative Development (JNRID, ISSN 2984-8687, established 2023). All three are online, monthly and multidisciplinary; JMVRA is run from this website and the other two submit through researchwave.org.
How do I publish a paper in an open access journal step by step?
Choose one journal, verify its ISSN and policies, prepare a complete manuscript, submit it through the journal's portal, respond to screening queries, revise according to reviewer comments, pay the publication fee after acceptance, check the proof and then share the published DOI. In JMVRA the whole route runs through jmvra.org, and nothing is payable before acceptance.
What does it cost to publish in JMVRA, and when do I pay?
JMVRA charges ₹971 for Indian authors and US$41 for international authors, payable only after the paper has been accepted on peer review. There is no submission or screening fee and nothing is charged for a declined paper. An optional Crossref DOI add-on is available at the price listed on the site. TIJER and JNRID fees are shown on their network cards.
What is the difference between multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary?
A multidisciplinary journal publishes papers from many separate fields next to each other; each paper may sit entirely within one discipline. Interdisciplinary work combines methods or theories from two or more fields inside a single study. A multidisciplinary journal can publish interdisciplinary papers, which is one reason authors with cross-field work choose the network.
Is a multidisciplinary open access journal peer reviewed?
In the JMVRA network, yes. Every submission is screened by editors and then assessed by reviewers working in or near its subject, who judge the research question, method, evidence and contribution and recommend acceptance, revision or rejection. "Open access" describes who can read the article; it says nothing about how carefully it was reviewed, so check the review policy of any journal before submitting.
What does the CC BY 4.0 licence mean for me as an author?
You keep copyright and grant the world permission to copy, share, translate and adapt your article for any purpose, provided you are credited and the original publication is cited. In practice you can deposit the PDF in repositories and on profiles freely, colleagues can teach from it, and indexing services can process it, all of which help the paper to be found.
How long does it take from submission to publication?
It depends on the paper and on reviewer availability, so the network gives ranges rather than promises. Screening of a complete, in-scope paper typically takes days; review and a first decision typically take a few weeks; a major revision adds time. After acceptance the article goes into the next monthly issue. Any journal promising acceptance before review should be avoided.
Can I submit the same paper to two journals in the network?
No. Submitting one manuscript to two journals at the same time is duplicate submission, an ethics breach, even when both journals belong to the same network. Choose one title, submit, and wait for the decision. If the paper is declined or you withdraw it in writing, you may then submit it elsewhere.
Does publishing in the network guarantee indexing or an impact factor?
No, and no honest journal can guarantee either. JMVRA does not claim Scopus, Web of Science or DOAJ indexing; it publishes discovery links so you can check its presence yourself. 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).
Is JMVRA UGC approved?
Yes, on the basis UGC now uses. UGC discontinued the UGC and UGC-CARE journal listing and issued Suggested Parameters for Choosing Peer-Reviewed Journals instead; JMVRA is aligned with those parameters and publishes the evidence. JMVRA has no UGC journal number, because those numbers belonged to the earlier approved list that ended before JMVRA was founded in June 2023.
How do I choose between JMVRA, TIJER and JNRID?
All three accept multidisciplinary research. Choose JMVRA to submit, track and receive documents on this website; TIJER for the longest publishing history in the network, since 2014; JNRID if your work is innovation-led, as its title suggests. Verify each journal's ISSN on its card, and submit to one journal only.
What should I do after my article is published?
Deposit the PDF in your institutional repository and OpenRGATE, add the article with its DOI to your Google Scholar, ORCID and Scholar Research Publication Network profiles, share the DOI link rather than a bare PDF, and keep the full record of submission, review, acceptance and payment in one folder for future appraisal or degree requirements.
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Publish Your Research in JMVRA
Peer-reviewed, open access (CC BY 4.0), monthly and multidisciplinary · ISSN 2984-8911 · ₹971 for Indian authors and US$41 for international authors, payable only after acceptance.