Climate of the Past
Climate of the Past
CP

Manuscript types

The following types of manuscripts can be considered for peer-reviewed publication in Climate of the Past (CP):

  • Research articles report substantial and original scientific results within the journal scope.
  • Review articles summarize the status of knowledge and outline future directions of research within the journal scope. Before preparing and submitting a review article, please contact an editor covering the relevant subject area and an executive editor. Depending on the subject and further characteristics, review articles are also eligible for inclusion in the Encyclopedia of Geosciences. If you are interested in this option, please see the author instructions and contact the editors of the encyclopedia.
  • Rapid communications are timely, peer-reviewed, and short (2–4 journal pages, i.e., 3000 words maximum). These may be used to report new developments, significant advances, and novel aspects of experimental and theoretical methods and techniques which are relevant for scientific investigations within the journal scope. The manuscript title must start with "Rapid communication:" and should be no more than 120 characters (including spaces). Rapid communications have a maximum of 4 figures and/or tables, a maximum of 40 references, and an abstract length not exceeding 200 words.
  • Opinions are concise, authoritative articles written by experts that include agenda-setting and/or provocative viewpoints on topical issues within the scope of the journal. Topics of relevance include perspectives on recent major research developments, policy or societal issues, as well as perspectives on the historical or future direction of the author's area of expertise. Opinions should be insightful and informative for a wide readership and written in an engaging style. The open review and discussion is intended to stimulate scientific debate and overseen by the CP co-editors-in-chief. Opinion articles are generally invited, but authors with ideas for an opinion paper are encouraged to contact a co-editor-in-chief. The title must clearly reflect the manuscript type and start with "Opinion:".
  • Commentaries continue the discussion of papers published in CP beyond the limits of immediate interactive discussion. They may be longer and submitted later than the comments exchanged in the interactive public discussion in CPD. Commentaries undergo the same process of peer review, publication, and interactive discussion as articles and technical notes. They are equivalent to the peer-reviewed commentaries in traditional scientific journals. As a courtesy, the authors of the related paper will be invited to take part in the interactive discussion. The manuscript title should start with "Comment on".
  • Corrigenda correct errors in preceding papers. The manuscript title reads as follows: Corrigendum to "TITLE" published in JOURNAL, VOLUME, PAGES, YEAR. Please note that corrigenda are only possible for final revised journal papers and not for the corresponding preprints. Corrigenda have to be submitted to Copernicus Publications within 3 years from the publication date of the original journal article. Should there be reasons for publishing a second corrigendum within these 3 years, the first one will be substituted by a single new corrigendum containing all relevant corrections.