Even if you have previously published in JAWRA, we recommend reading the instructions below BEFORE you submit, since instructions and style are continually updated.
Instructions for Authors Submit a Manuscript
Publication Charges
JAWRA recognizes an obligation to the water community and to its authors to distribute the knowledge contained within its pages as widely as possible. To accomplish this in an economically sustainable manner, an Article Processing Fee (APF) will be applied to subscription articles (NOT open access articles) accepted for publication. Rates are subject to change and charges will be incurred at the prevailing rates at the time of publication. Current rates are:
Article Type (AWRA Member* / Non-member Rate)
- Research Articles/Literature Review = $1,425 / $1,900
- Technical Note/Commentaries = $750 / $1,000
- Discussions = $225 / $300
- Errata = $90 / $120
*To receive the 25% AWRA member discount, at least one author must be a professional, premier, or designated representative of a partner member when the paper is originally submitted and maintain membership through publication.
Further details are found in the
Instructions for Authors.
The preferred method of payment is credit card; however, if payment is made with a check and mailed to AWRA, the manuscript number (MS#) must be included on the check or
payment will be returned. When paying via wire transfer, you are responsible for covering the wire transfer fee or your payment will not be accepted.
Pay an APF
Data Policy
JAWRA encourages authors to share the data and other artifacts supporting the results in the paper by archiving it in an appropriate public archive.
Pre-print Policy
JAWRA will consider for review articles previously available as pre-prints on non-commercial servers such as ArXiv, bioRxiv, psyArXiv, SocArXiv, engrXiv, etc. Authors may post the submitted version of their manuscript to non-commercial servers at any time. Authors are requested to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article.