BSSA Page Charges
Page charges are based on the final number of printed pages in BSSA. Charges cover the cost of editing, copy editing, typesetting, and printing. Additional costs may be charged to authors who introduce substantive changes late in the production process.
Advance invoices for page charges may be requested by contacting the editorial office at bssa [at] seismosoc [dot] org.
Page Charges
Pages 1 – 7.................... $90.00 per page
Pages 8 – 14 ................. $160.00 per page
Pages 15 and beyond... $220.00 per page
Authors can estimate the number of journal pages by using this formula:(# of ms words / 1100) + [(# of figures + # of tables) X 0.45]
Color Charges for Print*
First page................ $1,050
Second page ............$ 600
Each additional page $ 90
Color separation per page $125
* Color options: Color figures can be published (1) in color both in the online journal and in the printed journal, or (2) in color online and gray scale in print. Online color is free; authors will be charged for color in print. You must choose one option for all of the color figures within a paper; that is, you cannot choose option (1) for one color figure and option (2) for another color figure. You cannot submit two versions of the same figure, one for color and one for gray scale. You are responsible for ensuring that color figures are understandable when converted to gray scale, and that text references and captions are appropriate for both online and print versions. Color figures must be submitted before the paper is accepted for publication.
* Submission System Instructions: Instructions on how to answer this question in our online submission system are provided below.
Offprints
SSA does not offer free offprints. Offprints of papers may be ordered at the time final proofs are approved by authors. Costs are available from the BSSA Editorial Office upon request.
Billing
The author (or someone deisgnated by the author) will be billed for page charges after publication of the article. For billing questions, please contact SSA Headquarters via telephone at (510) 525-5474 or via email at <accounts [at] seismosoc.org>.
Advance invoices are sent if requested.
Submission System Instructions
When submitting or revising your paper in our online submission system you should see the following question and instruction on the Additional Information page:
Which of the three page-charge options do you choose?
This question is answered with one of three responses from a pull-down menu:
1. Both Page Charges and Color Charges Will Be Paid. All color figures will appear in color both online and in print. This option requires full payment of page and color charges.
2. Only Page Charges Will Be Paid. Color figures, if any, will be color online but gray scale in print.
3. A Waiver of Page Charges is Requested Color figures, if any, will be color online but gray scale in print.
If you see this question, please answer it.
If you do not see this question, which sometimes occurs when submitting a revision, please try the following steps to force it to appear:
- Copy your answers to the other questions on the Additonal Information page into a text editor because the following steps should delete the answers.
- Go to the "Select Article Type" page using the list on the left of the page.
- Change to another article type, click ok to the warning. E.g. if your submission is an Article change it to a Short Note.
- Change back to your original article type, click ok to the warning.
- Go back to the Additional Information page.
- The page charge question should now be there. Please answer it. If it is still not there, please email your response to the editorial office, bssa [at] seismosoc [dot] org .
- Make sure that your answers to the other questions are correctly filled in.
- Click next to go on with the process of submitting your revised paper.
You should only have to go through this process once for a paper and the question should appear for subsequent revisions and all new submissions.