Open-Access
Articles published in this journal may be published in Open Access.
This means:
- everyone has free and buy levitra now unlimited access to the full-text of all articles published in the International Journal of Water Governance, and
- everyone is free to re-use the published material if proper accreditation/citation of the buy viagra online us original publication is given.
- open access publication is supported by the authors' institutes or research funding agencies by payment of a comparatively low Article Processing Charge (APC) for accepted articles.
Meaning of Open Access
Peer-reviewed articles are freely available without subscription or price barriers,
each article is immediately released in open access format (no embargo period), and
published material can be re-used without obtaining permission as long as a correct citation to the original publication has been made.
All open access articles published in the International Journal of Water Governance, including data, graphics, and supplements, can be linked from external sources, scanned by search engines, re-used by text mining applications or websites, blogs, etc. are made available free of charge under the condition of proper accreditation of the source and original publisher. We at Baltzer Science Publishers (BSP) believe that open access publishing fosters the exchange of research results amongst scientists from different disciplines, thus facilitating interdisciplinary research. Open-access publishing also provides access to research results to researchers worldwide, including those from developing countries, and to an interested general public. We believe that open access is an enriching part of the scholarly communication process that can and should co-exist with other forms of communication and publication, such as society-based publishing and conferencing activities.
Important Note: some articles (especially Reviews) may contain figures, tables or text taken from other publications, for which BSP does not hold the copyright or the right to re-license the published material. Please note that you should inquire with the original copyright holder (usually the original publisher or authors), whether or not this material can be re-used.
Advantages of Open Access for Authors
Availability and visibility of our open access articles is guaranteed through the free and unlimited accessibility of the publication over the Internet. Everyone can freely access and download the full text of all articles published in the International Journal of Water Governance: readers of open access journals, i.e., mostly other researchers, do not need to pay any subscription or pay-per-view charges to read articles published by BSP. Open access publications are also more likely to be included in search engines and /cialis-price-in-canada indexing databases.
The Higher Citation Impact of open access articles results from their high publicity and availability. Open access publications are demonstrably more frequently cited.
Lower Publishing Costs: Open access publishing covers the costs for editorial handling and editing of a paper by charging authors' institutes or research funding agencies. The cost of handling and producing an article is covered through the one-time payment of an article processing charge (APC) for each accepted article. BSP's article processing charge (APC) is the same, irrespective of article length, because we wish to encourage publication of long papers with complete results and full experimental or computational details.
Article Processing Charge - APC
- High income countries: € 850,-
- High middle income countries: € 500,-
- Low middle income countries: € 300,-
- Low income countries: € 100,-
For authors who cannot find funding for their accepted article an appropriate solution will be found. The above classifaction of countries has been made by the World Bank. A copy of these statistics will be sent to you immediately upon request.
