Subscription Information

Publication frequency: 2 issues for ASTRA Volume 3, 2007.

The production of ASTRA is financed by service charges levied to the authors. Therefore, the online version of ASTRA is free of charge to read and to download, while the price for the print version just includes the cost for print-on-demand, handling and postage.

Arrangement for Libraries: In addition to the printed issues (incl. surface mail & handling costs), libraries are offered to pay with their subscription a voucher for an amount of published pages. The authors from the corresponding institutes or universities are then able to get a number of published pages free-of-service-charges.

These vouchers are only valid in the year and that manuscripts have to be submitted by 31 December of the respective year. Unused budgets will expire after 31 December! Please find the prices for 30, 50 or 100 published pages in the table below. Please contact subscription@copernicus.org for special rates for more than 100 pages.
List Price 2007
Online: Free access
Print: €200
Single issue (print only): €122
Print incl. 30 published pages: €1400
Print incl. 50 published pages: €2000
Print incl. 100 published pages: €3500
10 % discount for subscription agencies.
Postage Surcharge
Air Mail (outside Europe): €20
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