Intructions to authors
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Submission of a manuscript implies that the work described has not been published before; that it is not under consideration for publication anywhere else; that its publication has been approved by all co-authors, if any, as well as by the responsible authorities - tacitly or explicitly - at the institute where the work has been carried out. The publisher will not be held legally responsible should there be any claims for compensation.
Once the paper is accepted for publication, the author(s) transfer(s) the copyright of the paper to Meteorologische Zeitschrift.
Submission Guidelines
Please read our default instructions for authors
First submission (for review purposes only): Manuscripts must be submitted in English only. The manuscript must contain the title page with authors information, English abstract and the Authors are encouraged to provide a German translation of the abstract, text, reference list, abbreviation list, appendices (where necessary).
Tables and figures together with captions are to be positioned at the end of the paper.
Using LaTeX2e
We suggest using current LaTeX2e for your article.
Please download our Style Files
Online Manuscript Submisson
Meteorologische Zeitschrift now offers authors, the option of using our fully web-enabled online manuscript submission and review system. To keep the review time as short as possible (no postal delays!), we encourage authors to submit manuscripts online to the journals Editorial Office. Our online manuscript submission and review system offers authors the option to track the progress of the review process.
Manuscripts have to be submitted to the manuscript management system.
Please note: by using the online manuscript submission and review system, it is NOT necessary to also submit the manuscript in printout + CD. In case you encounter any difficulties while submitting your manuscript online, please get in touch with the Editorial Office
Open Access
Authors may have their articles made freely available online against charges (Optional Open Access, OOA).
To publish a paper under the Borntraeger Optional Open Access model (OOA), the following guidelines apply:
Authors must inform the Technical Editor prior to or with the submission of the final, corrected manuscript at the latest, that they choose Optional Open Access for their paper.
The OOA-charge for a paper of up to and including six printed pages is 995,-- Euro. Additional pages will be charged at 166,-- EUR each.
If the wish to participate in OOA is expressed after the production process has started (=submission of final ms to the Technical Editor), an additional service charge of 20,-- Euro per printed page will be levied.
No further page charges for black and white pages (color pages still carry the usual page charges). Authors receive an invoice for applicable OOA-charges for their paper, indicating its DOI for linking to, citing and downloading. No separate PDF's will be made available by the publisher.
Paper reprints are available at cost price only.
Upon receipt of payment of the OOA-charges, access restrictions to the online version of the paper are lifted.