Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Service Charges

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences is committed to the Open Access model of publishing. This ensures free web access to the results of research and the maximum visibility for published papers. However it requires the author to pay the costs of the review process, typesetting, web publication and long term archiving. These service charges are categorized according to the submitted material.

The payment of service charges includes:

• Online manuscript registration and submission;
• Rigorous but fair peer-review;
• Professional processing of figures and movies;
• Typesetting, editing and formatting in PDF LaTeX;
• LaTeX macros and MS WORD templates for free use;
• Immediate Open Access publication of each article;
• Article alert service;
• Inclusion in the Copernicus Online Library (incl. mirror-servers and backup facilities) as well as in international scientific databases, index and reference machines;
• Long-term e-archiving via Portico as well as printed archiving via copyright libraries worldwide.

Please note the Financial Support for Authors to investigate how to benefit from Service Charges waivers or reductions.

The following service charges are valid for manuscripts submitted from 01 January 2009 (receipt of electronic files for review)

Category 1	Category 2
The text file is compiled in accordance to the Technical Instructions for LaTeX as -tx.tex	The text file is compiled in accordance to the Technical Instructions for MS WORD as -tx.doc
Figure files are compiled as *.eps or *.ps files and transformed into *.pdf files
Abstract and manuscript are compiled as *.pdf files, all files (incl. text and figures) are submitted via the upload form
Total: €40 / page net + 19% VAT	Total: €45 / page net + 19% VAT

Category 3	Category 4
The text file is compiled in any LaTeX style	The text file is compiled in any MS WORD style
Figure files are compiled as *.jpg / *.png / *.tif / *.gif / *.doc files
Abstract and manuscript are compiled as *.pdf files, all files (incl. text and figures) are submitted via the upload form
Total: €50 / page net + 19% VAT	Total: €60 / page net + 19% VAT

The original manuscript follows the guidelines according to Category 1. The typeset paper shows an amount of 10 pages in the journal style, calculated with €40 net per page = €400 + 19% VAT.

For copy-editing (requested by the editor) an additional fee will be added of €10 net per full page in the journal (second stage), and €3 net per full page in the discussion forum (first stage).