What is the Journal’s page charge policy and why is it necessary?
The Journal established a mandatory author page-charge policy in 1997 to help offset the increasing costs of producing a monthly technical publication. As of May 2003, page charges are $79/Journal page for A&WMA members, $89/page for all others. Authors are invoiced for page charges when they receive page proofs of the articles, and full payment must be received before publication. Payment of page charges entitles the primary or corresponding author to a PDF copy of the published paper for limited distribution—rights and limitations will be conveyed along with PDF.