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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. Each article must be preceded by an English Abstract. On a separate title page, please indicate the title of the paper, the names of all authors, their institutions and complete mailing and e-mail addresses, indicating the name of the corresponding author whose mail and e-mail address will be printed as a footnote on the first page of the article.
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 (preferred publication)
Authors may have their articles made freely available online against charges (Open Access, OA).
To publish a paper under the Borntraeger Open Access model (OA), 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.
Articles up to 6 printed pages carry a charge of EUR 650.– plus VAT. For each additional printed page an additional Open Acces charge of EUR 108.40 plus VAT is raised. For Open Access articles no additional color figures charges are raised.
Authors receive an invoice for applicable OA-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 OA-charges, access restrictions to the online version of the paper are lifted.