Publishing From Outside India? What International Authors Should Know About IJRTI
- Why This Question Is Different for International Authors
- The Basics: Fee, Timeline, Payment
- Does UGC CARE Approval Even Matter If You're Not in India?
- What IJRTI Is (and Isn't) Indexed In
- Submitting in English or a Regional Language
- DOI and Hard Copy — On Request, Not Bundled
- Global Reach: 169+ Countries
- Frequently Asked Questions
Most "why publish with us" pages are written with a single, usually domestic, author in mind. If you're submitting from outside India, a few of the questions that actually matter are different: does an India-specific approval like UGC CARE mean anything to your home institution? Is the process genuinely location-agnostic? And is what you're being told about indexing and DOI actually accurate? This guide answers those specifically.
Why This Question Is Different for International Authors
A journal's homepage often lists its credentials for a broad, mixed audience — UGC CARE status, Impact Factor, indexing partners — without distinguishing what's actually relevant to a reader outside India versus one inside it. UGC CARE, for instance, is an entirely India-specific regulatory designation. It matters enormously if you need it for a PhD submission at an Indian university; it's simply irrelevant if your own institution has never heard of it.
The Basics: Fee, Timeline, Payment
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Publication fee | $40 USD, charged only after acceptance |
| Payment methods | PayPal and card payment accepted |
| Review timeline | Editorial decision typically within 1–2 days |
| Submission process | Fully online, no location or time-zone dependency |
| Peer review | Transparent double-blind, same process for every author regardless of country |
Does UGC CARE Approval Even Matter If You're Not in India?
Honestly: usually not directly. UGC CARE is a designation maintained by India's University Grants Commission, referenced by Indian universities for PhD submission requirements, faculty promotions, and API scoring. If you're not affiliated with an Indian institution, it's not something your own evaluators are likely to check.
What tends to matter more for international authors is the underlying editorial rigor UGC CARE approval reflects — genuine double-blind peer review, a disclosed editorial board, plagiarism screening — combined with Google Scholar indexing and a citable CrossRef/DataCite DOI, all of which are meaningful regardless of where you're based.
What IJRTI Is (and Isn't) Indexed In
Once a CrossRef/DataCite DOI is registered for your article, it also propagates to OpenAlex, OpenAIRE, Scilit, ResearchGate and Zenodo over the following weeks — real, verifiable discovery platforms, rather than an inflated list of every document-sharing site that happens to exist.
Submitting in English or a Regional Language
IJRTI accepts manuscripts in English or regional languages. For an international submission specifically, English remains the most broadly reviewable option since it maximises the pool of qualified reviewers who can properly assess your specific subfield — check with the editorial team at editor@ijrti.org before preparing a submission in another language.
DOI and Hard Copy — On Request, Not Bundled
A CrossRef/DataCite DOI is available on request for $20 USD, in addition to the base $40 USD fee — it is not automatically included in every publication. Keeping this separate and disclosed means authors who only need the core publication aren't paying for an add-on they didn't ask for. A printed hard copy of the journal issue is similarly available on request; contact editor@ijrti.org for international shipping arrangements and cost.
Global Reach: 169+ Countries
IJRTI's published research reaches readers in 169+ countries, through open access under CC BY 4.0 — free to read for anyone, anywhere, with no reader-side paywall. Combined with Google Scholar indexing and an optional DOI, that gives an international author a genuinely discoverable, citable publication without requiring UGC CARE to mean anything to their own institution.