How to submit a paper, APC and Templates

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How to submit a paper

Before submitting your paper, please confirm that it conforms to the Submission guidelines and Authorship guidelines.

Please use an appropriate Template for your paper.

Submission System Operation Guides

Please access PEPS Editorial Manager to submit your paper.

Editorial Manager Guide for submission to PEPS

** Japanese version is available here.

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Article Processing Charge (APC)

PEPS levies an APC of £1,240/ US$1,690/ €1,390 for each article accepted for publication.

Some or all of the publication cost may be covered if the corresponding author is based in one of the countries classified by SpringerOpen as automatically receiving an APC waiver or discount.

If the corresponding author's institution participates in the SpringerOpen membership program (more details available on the funding support services page), the author may request a waiver or discount.

Support will be available from the Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU).

APC that the author will be charged depends on the manuscript type and on whether or not the corresponding author is a JpGU member.

Corresponding author's condition	APC, Article Processing Charge (excluding tax)
If the author is based in one of the countries classified by SpringerOpen as automatically receiving an APC waiver or discount.	€ 0 (100% discount) or € 695 (50% discount) depending on the country
If the author's institution participates in the SpringerOpen membership program	Depending on the institution (Contact the author's institution for details)
Article category	APC, Article Processing Charge (excluding tax)
Article category	Corresponding author is a JpGU member	Corresponding author is not a JpGU member
Invited (for all categories)	€ 0 100 % discount	€ 0 100 % discount
Review	£992/ US$1,352/ €1,112 20 % discount	£992/ US$1,352/ €1,112 20 % discount
Paper with full data attached	£992/ US$1,352/ €1,112 20 % discount	£992/ US$1,352/ €1,112 20 % discount
Research Methodology	£992/ US$1,352/ €1,112 20 % discount	£1,240/ US$1,690/ €1,390 Standard fee

Note that JpGU membership discount is limited to members who have fully paid their JpGU annual fee for both the year in which they submit their paper and also for the preceding year. New JpGU members are not eligible for this discount in their first year of membership. Members who have a JpGU ID registered as an AGU, EGU or AOGS member, and members who have a temporary JpGU ID to attend JpGU Meetings are also not eligible.

Authors in the UK will be charged in pounds, authors in other EU countries will be charged in euros, and all other authors will be charged in US dollars. If the corresponding author is based in any country where tax is imposed on goods and services (e.g. VAT in EU countries or Consumption Tax in Japan) then this tax must be added to the APC at the rate applicable in that country.

To choose an appropriate payment option

After uploading manuscript files on our submission system, the corresponding author will be requested to choose one of the following three payment options

I accept responsibility for paying the £1,240/US$1,690/€1,390 processing charge on this article
I believe that I am covered by an institutional membership arrangement and wish to request institutional payment or discount (as applicable)
I believe I am eligible for a waiver or discount of the article-processing charge

To receive an APC waiver or discount, the author needs to choose an appropriate payment option. Please check the following conditions starting from the top.

Do you agree to pay the full APC without requesting any waiver or discount?	Yes		£1,240 US$1,690 €1,390	Option 1
No
Waiver or discount granted by institutions other than JpGU
Are you based in one of the countries that receives a waiver or discount?	Yes			Option 3
No
Do you wish to request a waiver or discount using your institutional membership arrangement?	Yes	Contact your institution to get your institutional SpringerOpen membership account number (to use as a coupon code).		Option 2-A
No

Waiver or discount granted by JpGU
Are you submitting an invited paper?	Yes	Contact the PEPS Office to get a coupon code.	0€	Option 2-B
No
Are you submitting a Review paper?	Yes	Contact the PEPS Office to get a coupon code.	£992 US$1,352 €1,112	Option 2-B
No
Are you submitting a Paper with full data attached? No Are you a JpGU member and do you wish to use a JpGU membership discount?	Yes Yes	Contact the PEPS Office to get a coupon code.	£992 US$1,352 €1,112	Option 2-B
No
£1,240 US$1,690 €1,390	The cash amount shown on this pale blue background is the APC that the corresponding author will be charged. Authors in the UK will be charged in pounds, authors in other EU countries will be charged in euros, and all other authors will be charged in US dollars. If the corresponding author is based in any country where tax is imposed on goods and services (e.g. VAT in EU countries or Consumption Tax in Japan) then this tax must be added to the APC at the rate applicable in that country. Option For details on each option, please see [Step 3], [3. Submitting a New Manuscript] in Editorial Manager Guide for submission to PEPS. Note that any change or correction will not be allowed once you agree to the option you chose.
Option1

To apply for a waiver or discount from JpGU

You need to satisfy both of the two requirements below to receive any waiver or discount from JpGU.

1. Indicate your request for a waiver or discount in your cover letter.

You need to use an appropriate cover letter, which you may download from the Templates.

2. Enter an appropriate coupon code

During your submission process, you need to enter your coupon code (i. e. SpringerOpen membership account number) on your APC agreement page.

Please be sure to contact the PEPS office at <peps_edit@jpgu.org> to receive your coupon code before agreeing your APC information.

Note that any change or correction will not be allowed once you agree to the option you chose.

For details on how to register the APC information, please see [Step 3], [3. Submitting a New Manuscript] in Editorial Manager Guide for submission to PEPS.

Templates

Manuscript Templates

Please click one of the links below to download a PEPS template.

LaTeX template (ZIP format: Progress in Earth and Planetary Science LaTeX templates)
Research article or Methodology
Review
Paper with full data attached
Comment

When submitting your paper, please upload "pepsart.cls" file together with .tex and .bbl files as "Manuscript item".

Cover Letter Templates

Preparing Figures and Tables

When preparing figures and tables, please follow the formatting instructions for the article you are going to submit.

Preparing your manuscript

Guidelines for Writing Formulae

Guidelines (pdf file)

Please follow the guidelines in the link above for formatting mathematical equations.

Geologic Time Scales

References to units of the geologic time scales should follow the latest version of the International Chronostratigraphic Chart presented by the International Commission on Stratigraphy.

Names of oceans and seas

The names of the oceans and seas should follow ‘Limits of Oceans and Seas’, i.e., International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) (1953) Limits of Oceans and Seas. International Hydrographic Organization, Special Publication No 23, 3rd Edition, IMP, Monégasque - Monte-Carlo, 45 pp.

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