This page contains information about fees that may be incurred when you publish in this journal.
Article processing charges (APCs)
This journal is a wholly open access journal, which means all articles are published as Gold Open Access under a Creative Commons licence. In many cases Gold Open Access articles are supported by an article processing charge (APC), typically paid by the corresponding author’s funding body or institution. However multiple other routes to funding Gold OA, including institutional agreements and APC waivers and discounts, are available to authors. Please see this journal's open access options for full details.
Please see the table below for this journal’s APC fees.
Open access information for Journal of Glaciology and Annals of Glaciology
The launch of the partnership between the International Glaciological Society (IGS) and Cambridge University Press coincides with the IGS journals becoming fully Gold Open Access (OA).
All articles published in the 2016 volumes of the Journal of Glaciology and Annals of Glaciology and thereafter will be published on an OA basis. Articles will be made freely and permanently accessible online, immediately upon publication, under licensing that allows anyone to redistribute, re-use and adapt the content as long as they provide attribution.
Copyright information
Please visit this page for more information on the IGS copyright policy regarding content published before 2016.
Article processing charges
The costs of publication (coordination of peer review, copy-editing and typesetting, hosting and dissemination) for OA publishing are covered by an article processing charge (APC) that is typically met by the author’s funding body or institution
The APCs for Journal of Glaciology and Annals of Glaciology are:
- Non-IGS members: £1,360/$1,815 for an Article; £680/$910 for a Letter; £310/$425 for a Communication
- IGS members: £1,225/$1,640 for an Article; £615/$820 for a Letter; £279/$385 for a Communication
Waivers and discounts are provided to authors from low- and middle-income countries, based on the World Bank list. View a list of countries eligible for an OA publication fee waiver.
The payment process is handled by Copyright Clearance Centre (Rightslink) on our behalf. Read more on our Production FAQs about how the payment process works.
Licensing and Copyright
Articles will be published under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) licence as standard, but authors may elect to publish under the following alternative licences:
- CC-BY-NC-SA (Attribution - Non-Commercial - Share Alike)
- CC-BY-NC-ND (Attribution - Non-Commercial - No Derivatives)
For information on what each licence allows, please visit creativecommons.org/licenses
IGS Membership
The International Glaciologcal Society was founded in 1936 to provide a focus for individuals interested in practical and scientific aspects of snow and ice.
Article Processing Charges for this journal
| Currency | APC | Member Rate |
|---|---|---|
| GBP (£) | 1648 | 1484 |
| USD ($) | 2200 | 1980 |