Financial Support for Authors
The Open Access publication model of Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics requires the author to pay the costs of the review process, typesetting, web publication and long term archiving via Service Charges. The following information provides the authors with the possibilities of service charges waivers or reductions.
Journal-specific Arrangements
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First Authors affiliated to Research Units of the Max Planck Society
If the first author is affiliated to one of the research units of the Max Planck Society, the authors will not be invoiced for submissions according to categories 1 and 2. With regard to categories 3 and 4, only the difference to the respective lower category 1 or 2 will be charged (category 3 belongs to 1, 4 belongs to 2). The basic service charges according to category 1 and 2 will be settled automatically between Copernicus Publications and the Max Planck Society. This arrangement is valid for any submissions after 1 January 2008 (receipt of electronic manuscript file).
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First Authors affiliated to Research Units of CNRS INSU
If the first author is affiliated to one of the research units of the Institut National des Sciences de l’Univers du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, the authors will not be invoiced for submissions according to categories 1 and 2. With regard to categories 3 and 4, only the difference to the respective lower category 1 or 2 will be charged (category 3 belongs to 1, 4 belongs to 2). The basic service charges according to category 1 and 2 will be settled automatically between
Copernicus Publications
and the INSU. This arrangement is valid for any submissions after 1 July 2008 (receipt of electronic manuscript file). It is mandatory for the primary author to identify his/her affiliation to INSU using the following format:
Example: Géosciences Montpellier, UMR5243, CNRS - Université Montpellier 2 Sciences et Techniques, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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EGU Service Charges Waivers
The EGU waives the service charges for publications in their journals with an amount of at least 10% of the journal's previous year's page budget for outstanding contributions from poorer countries. After a manuscript has been accepted for publication, the authors may contact the Copernicus Publications Editorial Support (editorial@copernicus.org) to apply for a partial (50%) or full (100%) service charge waiver, which will be granted subject to support by the handling editor and approval by the chief executive editor. In special cases, such as long review manuscripts, the authors may contact the chief executive editor prior to submission.
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General Arrangements
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Projects funded by the European Commission
In the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), publication fees are eligible for reimbursement. Details can be found in the FP7 model Grant Agreement (article II.16.4) .
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Projects funded by the DFG
The German Research Foundation DFG supports publication charges with €750 per year. This support can also be accumulated over the 3 years period of funding. Please see the bulletin Merkblatt für Anträge auf Sachbeihilfe . Authors have to apply for this.
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Projects funded by NWO
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) covers up to €5,000 publication charges for each NWO-funded research project. Applications have to be made by the project leaders. For further information please visit the NWO website .
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Projects funded by the Volkswagen Foundation
The Volkswagen Foundation covers publication costs for funded projects. Please see the bulletin Bewilligungsgrundsätze .
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