Publisher Services

Services for authors, journals, and institutions

Lumora now offers prepaid author memberships, journal partnerships, consultancy, and publisher channels. Each service has a clear scope and a responsible team. Paid services never buy acceptance, faster review, or a citation.

Lumora is owned and operated in Saudi Arabia. Membership, advertising, and consultancy never influence peer review or editorial decisions.

Author memberships

Premium, Pro, Custom, and Enterprise

Annual support plans for researchers and institutions, with benefits and delivery scope confirmed in a written quote.

Premium

3,000 SAR / year

An annual plan for individual researchers.

  • 20% APC reduction on eligible accepted articles during the annual membership, with no article-count cap.
  • The reduction applies to publication charges; it cannot combine with another invoice reduction or credit.
  • Activation and any separate support deliverables are confirmed in writing; editorial assessment remains independent.
Request a written quote

Pro

6,000 SAR / year

An annual plan for researchers with recurring support needs.

  • 50% APC reduction on eligible accepted articles during the annual membership, with no article-count cap.
  • The reduction applies to publication charges; it cannot combine with another invoice reduction or credit.
  • Activation and any separate support deliverables are confirmed in writing; editorial assessment remains independent.
Request a written quote

Custom

From 25,000 SAR / year

A tailored annual scope for a research portfolio.

  • Receive a written proposal defining support, usage limits and activation.
  • Publication charges and any eligible reductions are confirmed in the quote.
  • Editorial assessment remains independent of membership.
Request a written quote

Institutional / Enterprise

From 100,000 SAR / year

An annual institutional agreement with a defined scope.

  • Receive a written proposal defining support, usage limits and activation.
  • Publication charges and any eligible reductions are confirmed in the quote.
  • Editorial assessment remains independent of membership.
Request a written quote

How much can membership save on your APCs?

Choose your journal and paper count. Premium cuts 20% off every APC; Pro cuts 50%. Annual membership fees are already included in the totals. Custom and Enterprise need a written quote.

No membership

Pay as you go

25,000 SAR

Net saving: 0

Full APC on every accepted paper.

20% APC off

Premium

23,000 SAR

You save 2,000 SAR

3,000 SAR / year · APC reduction 5,000 SAR

Best win50% APC off

Pro

18,500 SAR

You save 6,500 SAR

6,000 SAR / year · APC reduction 12,500 SAR

Custom and Institutional / Enterprise: written quote for scope and pricing — membership never buys acceptance or faster review.

Totals = annual membership + reduced APCs for every paper in your estimate. APC estimates include 15% VAT. Annual membership tax treatment follows its written terms. Separate services are excluded; this does not predict acceptance.

Clear terms before you subscribe

New plans are annual. Your written quote defines benefits, usage limits, activation, tax treatment, renewal, cancellation and refunds. A plan price does not promise unlimited publications.

Existing paid memberships, earned awards and credits retain their approved terms, without doubling allowances or automatically replacing benefits.

One financial adjustment applies to an invoice; a discount code cannot combine with a membership reduction, waiver or referral credit. Membership cannot buy an editorial preference, acceptance, citations or a guaranteed timeline.

Production work included in an article’s publication charge is not sold again as an add-on. Any separate work and its scope are agreed before it begins.

Existing referrals and credits

A referral code records eligibility for a possible credit and is distinct from an invoice discount code. Eligibility and amount follow the approved membership and invoice terms; this page does not promise a credit or commission.

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What we provide

Journal, consultancy, and channel services

Journal hosting and operations

Own a journal under lumora.sa with Lumora infrastructure: hosting, peer review, production, and archive.

  • Society, college, university, company, or non-profit ownership
  • Within Lumora operations, or with partner production
  • Bilingual EN/AR journal identity

Strategy and planning

Roadmaps, portfolio review, and evidence-based growth plans for journals and research offices.

  • Lifecycle and launch planning
  • Market-position assessment from documented sources

Publishing support

Editorial operations, research-integrity review, and journal-programme support.

  • Peer-review workflow design
  • Integrity and ethics playbooks

Sales and commercial services

Institutional outreach, content packaging, and honest commercial options — never paid citations or link schemes.

  • Institutional readership development
  • APC waiver and membership packaging

Market intelligence

Desk research and competitor observation with labelled sources and freshness. Estimates are never presented as facts.

  • Source-bound briefs
  • Missing-data labelled, never filled with guesses

Researcher development and publishing clinics

Practical support for study reporting, manuscript readiness and responsible publication planning.

  • A written scope, named deliverables, revision limit and quote before work starts
  • Training in reporting guidelines, disclosure and reviewer-response writing
  • Authors remain responsible for methods, data, authorship and the final manuscript

Societies and associations

OA strategy, member services, and society-owned journals on Lumora infrastructure.

  • Member-benefit packaging that does not sell acceptance

Marketing, ads, newsletter, podcast

Publisher channels for calls for papers, institutional ads, the Lumora Letter, and podcast features.

  • No fake reviews, purchased links, or undisclosed ads

AI strategy for publishers

Tool selection, disclosure policy, and limited open checkers. Detection claims stay within what the tool can actually do.

  • Peer-review, format, and originality workbenches

Change management

Platform migration, staff handover, and culture change for editorial offices.

  • Runbooks, not slogans

Interim support

Time-boxed editorial, production, or operations coverage while a partner hires.

  • Saudi-based team, documented hours

Every service begins with a needs assessment and a written quote covering deliverables, cost, responsibilities and agreed delivery dates.