Submit Your Paper & Complete Peer Review

Submit your manuscript to any eligible journal through the journal's submission portal. Complete the peer review process as required by the journal.

Inform Publisher After Acceptance — Request Invoice

After the article is accepted for publication, inform the publisher that the APC will be paid directly by INFLIBNET Centre. Request a proforma invoice addressed to:

The invoice must clearly include: Journal Name, Article title / Manuscript ID / DOI, Total APC Amount, and Publisher's bank / payment details.

Register on the ONOS APC Portal

Visit onos.gov.in/apc. Fill in the registration form:

Full Name (as per AADHAAR), Gender, Designation, Department, ORCID ID, State, Institution Name (Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi), Phone Number, and IIT (BHU) email.

Click Get OTP. An OTP is sent to your institutional email. Enter and confirm.

Fill in Article Details

After OTP verification, fill in: Article Title, Publication Name (select from dropdown), Currency & APC amount as per invoice, Research Funder (INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar), Article Type (Research Article), Date Submitted and Date Accepted, Last Date for APC Payment (from publisher), Publisher's Email and Contact Address, Main Subject Area (as per SCOPUS).

Add All Author Details

Add details for each author. Click the + button to add co-authors. For each author provide: Author Type (First / Corresponding / Significant Contributor / Other), Name as per AADHAAR and as per submitted article, Gender, ORCID ID, Nationality, Country of affiliating institution, Name of affiliating institution. Click Next when complete.

Declaration & Contribution Form Generation

Verify all values thoroughly on the dynamic pipeline summary view. Once verified, execute the portal preview command to download the auto-generated PDF document: Declaration of Author's Contribution.

Obtain Institutional Endorsement Signature

Print out the generated Declaration form sheet. Secure direct paper signatures from all active co-authors first. Then, submit this documentation packet to the Library counter to route and obtain the official signature endorsement from the HOD and Registrar at IIT (BHU) Varanasi.

Upload Signed Documents to ONOS Portal

Scan the completely signed endorsement form page. Log back into the ONOS portal engine, move under the 'Existing Submissions' tab panel area → hit the **Pending** tracking label row element → cleanly upload the final signed declaration, official acceptance confirmation transcript, and your publisher invoice. The local library Nodal Officer validates the submission layout directly on the central system dashboard.