** Progress in Earth and Planetary Science is the official journal of the Japan Geoscience Union, published in collaboration with its society members.
How to submit a paper, APC and Templates
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 Instructions:
https://www.editorialmanager.com/robohelp/17.0/index.htm#t=Author_Help.htm
https://www.editorialmanager.com/robohelp/17.0/index.htm#t=Reviewer_Help.htm
https://www.editorialmanager.com/robohelp/17.0/index.htm#t=Editor_Help.htm
Article Processing Charge (APC)
Article Processing Charge (APC)
PEPS levies an APC for each article accepted for publication.
Please note that the APC fee is applied at the time of acceptance of the paper, not at the time of submission.
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) |
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| If the author is based in one of the countries classified by SpringerOpen as automatically receiving an APC waiver or discount. | 100% discount or 50% discount (depending on the country) |
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| 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) |
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| JpGU member | not a JpGU member | |
| Invited (for all categories) | € 0 100 % discount |
€ 0 100 % discount |
| Review Paper with full data attached |
US$1432 / €1192 / £1032 20 % discount |
US$1432 / €1192 / £1032 20 % discount |
| Research Methodology |
US$1432 / €1192 / £1032 20 % discount |
US$1790 / €1490 / £1290 Standard fee |
* Note that the above APC fees may change upon acceptance for publication.
* 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 receive the APC discount benefit
In order to receive the APC discount benefit, two procedures were required, at the time of submission and after the paper was accepted.
New submission
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Please agree to pay the APC when entering <Additional Information> step.
After acceptance
Once your paper is accepted, SpringerNature will send a “Next steps for publishing:email” to the Corresponding Author to proceed the publication. Please click on the “link” in the e-mail.
[Filling in APC information]
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Select country page
Select your country of residence.
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Open access information page
The current information about the Article Processing Charge (APC) will be displayed.
If you have an APC Token, enter it and click “Apply” to get the price after applying the Token.
Please click <Next>.
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Institution or University page
Select the name of your institution. If your institution's name is not listed, please enter it manually. Please click <Next>.
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Confirm your eligibility status page
The APC information based on the institution is displayed. For institutions without an arrangement, the APC will not change. Please click <Next>.
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Journal partners page
Select the name of your institution or “None”. To use the PEPS APC discount, please select either "Japan Geoscience Union" for PEPS invited papers or "Japan Geoscience Union" for JpGU members.
If your institution's name is not listed, please enter it manually.
Please click <Next>.
* Please select <〇None of the above> for normal submissions.
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Check your answers page
After confirming the information, please click <Next> and press <Submit for Approval> button. The above information will be sent to your institution/JpGU.
[Publishing agreement]
After the membership verification is completed by institution/JpGU, an APC confirmation e-mail will be sent to the corresponding author. Please click on the “link” in the e-mail.↓
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Agree to publish page
In order to create a publishing agreement (License to Publish), please select the appropriate organization for the Corresponding Autho or “Neither of the above”. Then, please click <Generate publishing agreement>.
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As a publishing agreement (License to Publish) will be created and displayed, please scroll down the screen and check the contents. If the content is correct, please click the checkbox and <I agree and submit>.↓
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Permission to publish complete page
Please click on “Download agreed publishing agreement” to download the agreement as a copy for the author．
[APC Payment]
Once the above procedures are completed, SpringerNature will send an invoice to the author by e-mail.
Templates
Manuscript Templates
Please click one of the links below to download a PEPS template.
- Microsoft Word templates (.docx)
- Research article or Methodology
- Review
- Paper with full data attached
- Comment
- 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
- Invited paper
- Review article
- Paper with full data attached
- Articles other than above (when the corresponding author is a JpGU member)
- Articles other than above (when the corresponding author is not a JpGU member)
Preparing Figures and Tables
When preparing figures and tables, please follow the formatting instructions for the article you are going to submit.
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.
