Funding

Funding Statement

Gastrodemica is dedicated to advancing research in gastronomy and food sciences by providing universal Open Access. To ensure the journal's operational sustainability and independence, our funding model is structured as follows:

1. Article Processing Charges (APC)

The primary operations of Gastrodemica are supported by Article Processing Charges (APCs) paid by authors or their funding institutions upon the formal acceptance of a manuscript. These fees are utilized for:

• Peer-review management and editorial administration.

• Professional copyediting, layouting, and formatting.

• Technical maintenance of the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform.

2. Institutional Support

Gastrodemica receives non-financial support and technical infrastructure from its publishing institution to ensure that all publication processes meet international scholarly standards.

3. Waiver Policy

We believe that financial constraints should not be a barrier to publishing high-quality research. Gastrodemica offers a fee waiver policy for authors from low-income countries or researchers demonstrating significant financial hardship. Waiver requests must be submitted to the Editor-in-Chief at the time of initial submission.

4. Editorial Independence & Integrity

Funding sources and supporting institutions have no influence over editorial decisions. The acceptance or rejection of manuscripts is based solely on scientific merit, originality, and relevance through a rigorous double-blind peer-review process.