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Article processing charges (APCs)
Copernicus Publications is committed to the open-access model of publishing. This ensures free web access to the results of research and maximum visibility for published papers. However, it requires the author or a supporting institution to pay the costs of the administration and infrastructure of the review process, production of final papers, journal article publication, distribution, and long-term archiving.
Please see our financial support for authors webpage for information regarding waivers and discounts.
The following APCs are net prices in Euro. While many journals levy per-paper APCs, some use per-page APC schemes categorizing into LaTeX submissions using the Copernicus Publications LaTeX Package and Word submissions using the Copernicus Publications Word Template:
| Journals | APCs | Additional information |
|---|---|---|
| Abstracts of the International Cartographic Association (Abstracts of the ICA) | n/a | |
| Advances in Cartography and GIScience of the International Cartographic Association (Advances of the ICA) | n/a | |
| Advances in Geosciences (ADGEO) | €900 | Discounts for EGU members as well as corresponding authors from European economically disadvantaged or Research4Life countries |
| Advances in Radio Science (ARS) | €34 | Per-page APCs. English language copy-editing: €15 net per page |
| Advances in Science and Research (ASR) | €46 | Per-page APCs. English language copy-editing: €15 net per page |
| Advances in Statistical Climatology, Meteorology and Oceanography (ASCMO) | Currently waived | Copernicus Publications supports the start-up phase |
| Aerosol Research (AR) | Diamond Open Access | All costs are covered by a consortium of funders |
| Annales Geophysicae (ANGEO) | €1,350 | Lowered APCs for short-paper MS types and discounts for EGU members as well as corresponding authors from European economically disadvantaged or Research4Life countries |
| Archives Animal Breeding (AAB) | €62 | Per-page APCs. Applied to the first 6 pages of each article; all exceeding pages are covered by the Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN) |
| Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP) | €1,800 | Lowered APCs for short-paper MS types and discounts for EGU members as well as corresponding authors from European economically disadvantaged or Research4Life countries |
| Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (AMT) | €1,800 | Lowered APCs for short-paper MS types and discounts for EGU members as well as corresponding authors from European economically disadvantaged or Research4Life countries |
| Biogeosciences (BG) | €1,800 | Lowered APCs for short-paper MS types and discounts for EGU members as well as corresponding authors from European economically disadvantaged or Research4Life countries |
| Climate of the Past (CP) | €1,980 | Lowered APCs for short-paper MS types and discounts for EGU members as well as corresponding authors from European economically disadvantaged or Research4Life countries |
| DEUQUA Special Publications (DEUQUASP) | €57 | €62 | Per-page APCs. Reduced APCs (€41) for field guidebooks |
| E&G Quaternary Science Journal (EGQSJ) | €59 | €64 | Per-page APCs. APCs for thesis abstracts are covered by DEUQUA to support young scientists. |
| Earth Surface Dynamics (ESurf) | €1,800 | Lowered APCs for short-paper MS types and discounts for EGU members as well as corresponding authors from European economically disadvantaged or Research4Life countries |
| Earth System Dynamics (ESD) | €1,800 | Lowered APCs for short-paper MS types and discounts for EGU members as well as corresponding authors from European economically disadvantaged or Research4Life countries |
| Earth System Science Data (ESSD) | €1,400 per paper | Discounts for corresponding authors from Research4Life countries |
| European Journal of Mineralogy (EJM) | €70 | Per-page APCs. Reduced APCs (€56) for members of the DMG, SIMP, SEM, SFMC, EAG, ÖMG, and PTMin |
| Geochronology (GChron) | €1,800 | Lowered APCs for short-paper MS types and discounts for EGU members as well as corresponding authors from European economically disadvantaged or Research4Life countries |
| Geographica Helvetica (GH) | Diamond Open Access | Waived by the Swiss Academy of Science |
| Geoscience Communication (GC) | Currently waived | The European Geosciences Union (EGU) supports the start-up phase |
| Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems (GI) | €1,350 | Lowered APCs for short-paper MS types and discounts for EGU members as well as corresponding authors from European economically disadvantaged or Research4Life countries |
| Geoscientific Model Development (GMD) | €1,980 | Discounts for EGU members as well as corresponding authors from European economically disadvantaged or Research4Life countries |
| History of Geo- and Space Sciences (HGSS) | Diamond Open Access | Waived by Copernicus Publications |
| Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS) | €1,800 | Lowered APCs for short-paper MS types and discounts for EGU members as well as corresponding authors from European economically disadvantaged or Research4Life countries |
| International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences (ISPRS Archives) | n/a | |
| ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences (ISPRS Annals) | n/a | |
| Journal of Bone and Joint Infection (JBJI) | €100 | Per-page APCs. Reduced APCs (€80) for members of the European Bone and Joint Infection Society (EBJIS) and the MusculoSkeletal Infection Society (MSIS) |
| Journal of Micropalaeontology (JM) | €69 | €73 | Per-page APCs. Reduced APCs (€59 | €64) for members of The Micropalaeontological Society (TMS) |
| Journal of Sensors and Sensor Systems (JSSS) | €70 | €78 | Per-page APCs. Reduced APCs (€63 | €70) for members of the AMA Verband für Sensorik und Messtechnik (AMA) |
| Magnetic Resonance (MR) | €75 | €80 | Per-page APCs |
| Mechanical Sciences (MS) | €71 | €77 | Per-page APCs |
| Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS) | €1,800 | Lowered APCs for short-paper MS types and discounts for EGU members as well as corresponding authors from European economically disadvantaged or Research4Life countries |
| Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics (NPG) | €1,350 | Lowered APCs for short-paper MS types and discounts for EGU members as well as corresponding authors from European economically disadvantaged or Research4Life countries |
| Ocean Science (OS) | €1,800 | Lowered APCs for short-paper MS types and discounts for EGU members as well as corresponding authors from European economically disadvantaged or Research4Life countries |
| Polarforschung (PolF) | Waived | Waived by the German Society for Polar Research (DGP) and the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) |
| Primate Biology (PB) | €55 | €60 | Per-page APCs. Waived upon request by the German Primate Center (DPZ) |
| Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (PIAHS) | €36.80 | Per-page APCs. Usually, the first 6 pages are covered by the conference/workshop registration fee. English language copy-editing: €15 net per page |
| Proceedings of the International Cartographic Association (Proceedings of the ICA) | n/a | |
| Scientific Drilling (SD) | Waived | Waived by the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP) |
| SOIL | €1,800 | Lowered APCs for short-paper MS types and discounts for EGU members as well as corresponding authors from European economically disadvantaged or Research4Life countries |
| Solid Earth (SE) | €1,800 | Lowered APCs for short-paper MS types and discounts for EGU members as well as corresponding authors from European economically disadvantaged or Research4Life countries |
| The Cryosphere (TC) | €1,800 | Lowered APCs for short-paper MS types and discounts for EGU members as well as corresponding authors from European economically disadvantaged or Research4Life countries |
| Weather and Climate Dynamics (WCD) | €1,350 | Lowered APCs for short-paper MS types and discounts for EGU members as well as corresponding authors from European economically disadvantaged or Research4Life countries |
| Web Ecology (WE) | Diamond Open Access | Waived by the European Ecological Federation (EEF) |
| Wind Energy Science (WES) | €74 | €80 | Per-page APCs |