1. Our journal is open access, and an editorial publication fee is charged to the author.

I. AUTHOR FEES
a. The publication charge/fee to be paid by the author is requested before the article is uploaded.
b. By the decision of the Publication Board No. S:106/2024/6/3 dated 22/10/2024, the article submission fee is 10,000 Turkish lira or $ 275 as of 15/11/2024. Subsequent article submission fee increase dates will be determined by the Kent Academy Editorial Board.
c. The fee requested from the articles sent to our journal for publication is not dependent on the Acceptance / Rejection condition. This condition is outlined in Decision No. 2021.18.643 on Predatory/Shady Journals, adopted at the Council of Higher Education session held on December 30, 2021, and numbered 2021.18.
d. The fee payment requirement applies to all authors. Payments are transparent and auditable, which applies equally to each author. Reports on this issue are published in our journal at the end of each year. The authors jointly calculate the fee in equal proportions among themselves. Payment is made from the authorized author's account.
to. Those who work as field editors at least twice a year in our journal are given a 50% discount on the publication fee.
e. In our journal, a 50% discount is applied to the publication fee of section editors who carry out and complete at least two section editing processes in a year. This discount is valid for each author's share of multi-author articles.
f. Publication fees are used for the secretariat, preparation for publication, and journal accreditation costs.
g. Fee payments can be made through the TL and USD accounts of the Black Sea Poets and Author Association, the publisher of our journal.
h. Fifty percent of the submission fees for articles rejected during the pre-review stage (prior to the peer review process) will be refunded.
ı. Journal fees are used to enable our journal to produce high-quality scientific publications, covering editorial processes, language editing, graphic design, typesetting, hosting, domain registration, and online system subscriptions.
II. FEES FROM READERS and/or SUBSCRIPTION SYSTEMS
a. The Journal of Urban Academy does not charge its readers any fees.
b. Provisions requested by the Journal of Urban Academy, regarding libraries and special directories, are reserved.

Karadeniz Şairler ve Yazarlar Derneği IBAN ACCOUNTS:
IBAN NUMBER (TL) TR: 070001500158007316964344
IBAN NUMBER (USD) TR: 530001500158048021390124

Detailed Urban Academy (Kent Akademisi) Publication Fee Policy can be accessed from the link below or file D-2 in our Documents menu:
https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/journal-file/26111

Submission Fees : 275.00 USD
Article Processing Charges (APCs) : 10,000.00 TRY
IBAN: TR070001500158007316964344

Black Sea Poet and Author Association For TR Citizens IBAN: (TL) TR: 070001500158007316964344