Article Publication Charges

The Applied Research and Smart Technology (ARSTech) journal will waive all Article Processing Charges (APC) for submissions received until 30 December 2027. This waiver applies to manuscripts submitted before the deadline and subsequently accepted for publication following peer review.

All articles published in ARSTech are freely accessible to read, download, and share under the journal’s open‑access policy.

To further support international collaboration, authors from outside Indonesia will receive a publication sponsorship of IDR 700,000, provided by the Postgraduate Program in Mechanical Engineering, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta.