The updated publication policy now is extended by the journal's open access statement, its archiving and indexing scheme, and explicit policies on corrections and retractions.

The general obligations for editors, referees, and authors have been revised to give advice for the appropriate handling of literature suggestions.

From 6 June onwards, all newly submitted articles, if accepted for publication, will be distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

To make it as easy as possible for users without technical knowledge to cut and paste or click to share DOIs, CrossRef has changed the display and citation guidelines for DOIs from "doi:10.5194/abcd" to "https://doi.org/10.5194/abcd".

Since early 2016, Copernicus Publications has been enabling authors to connect their articles with underlying or related material such as research data, model code, or scientific videos. To enhance reproducibility it is now also possible to include International Geo Sample Numbers (IGSNs) as assets.

Authors from the Technical University Darmstadt will profit from a new institutional agreement with Copernicus Publications starting 1 January 2017. The agreement which is valid for corresponding authors enables a direct settlement of article processing charges (APCs) between the university and the publisher.

As of 1 January 2017 the direct settlement of article processing charges (APCs) between the Max Planck Digital Library and Copernicus Publications will be valid for corresponding authors.

Copernicus Publications has extended the article level metrics (ALMs) by showing the geographical distribution of views. This information is available for articles published after 3 August 2016.

Copernicus Publications and the Leibniz Association have agreed on a central billing of article processing charges (APCs) to facilitate the publication procedure for authors. So far three Leibniz institutes are participating in this agreement.

Geothermal Energy Science (GtES) has been accepted into the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and has received the DOAJ Seal which recognizes high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals that adhere to high publishing standards.

Copernicus Publications and the Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB) in Hanover, Germany have signed an agreement on central billing of article processing charges.

Please note that article processing charges for Geothermal Energy Science (GtES) will slightly increase on 1 January 2016.

In cooperation with the TIB|AV-Portal GtES authors can now add short, citable video abstracts and video supplements to their articles.

The Potsdam University Library and Copernicus Publications have signed an agreement on direct settlement of article processing charges (APCs).

We have updated our data policy: it now also refers to the Data Citation Principles and stresses the necessity of data availability.

Geothermal Energy Science (GtES) has become a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and thereby subscribes to the principles of COPE.

The GtES website has been given a new look, and the navigation has been adjusted.
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In order to further promote open access, the TU Delft Library has transferred a budget to Copernicus to be used by its scientists in 2015.