Drinking Water Engineering and Science

Service Charges

Drinking Water Engineering and Science 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 review process, typesetting, web publication and long term archiving. These service charges are categorized according to the submitted material and levied for the publication in the discussion forum, while the publication in the journal is then free of charge.

The discussion paper style leads to three times more pages than the classic manuscript style. Rule of thumb: discussion pages = characters / 1,900 + # tables + # figures

Service Charges waived for papers submitted in 2012 according to Categories 1 & 2!

	Price per Discussion Page	Description
Category 1	€20 net *	LaTeX submissions using the Copernicus Publications LaTeX Package
Category 2	€25 net *	WORD submissions using the Copernicus Publications WORD Template
Category 3	€30 net **	LaTeX submissions causing higher expenditure of work due to any LaTeX style and/or difficulties with tables/figures
Category 4	€35 net ***	WORD submissions causing higher expenditure of work due to any WORD style and/or difficulties with tables/figures
Copy-Editing for English (Details): €10 net / page for Final Revised Papers, €3 net / page for Discussion Papers

*	Waived by Delft University of Technology for any 2012 submissions.
**	Subsidized by Delft University of Technology with €20 / page net for any 2012 submissions.
***	Subsidized by Delft University of Technology with €25 / page net for any 2012 submissions.

A manuscript contains 10 pages with 57,000 characters, 2 figures, and 1 table. The discussion paper will have 30 pages text + 1 page table + 2 pages figures. For Category 1, this will result in 33 pages x €20 = €660 net + 19% German VAT.

What is included in the Service Charges?

• All online tools for authors and reviewers;
• Professional processing of figures and movies;
• Typesetting, editing and formatting in PDFLaTeX;
• Immediate Open Access publication of each article;
• Article alert service;
• Inclusion in the Copernicus Online Library;
• Indexing in international scientific databases and reference services;
• Long-term e-archiving via Portico as well as printed archiving via copyright libraries worldwide.