Revised January 2013

Color Figures in the Print Journal

Color illustrations in print should be used only in cases where there is a clear need. The additional costs for printing illustrations must be borne in full by the respective authors and their institutions, and must be paid before an accepted article is sent for production.

Authors are reminded that Color Figures Online Only is a service provided in APS journals without charge to authors. For information about this service, see Color Figures in the Online Journal [1].

Authors desiring color in print, and willing and able to pay the associated charges, should indicate their request, preferably upon submission, and indicate which figures are intended for color in print.

If your paper is accepted for publication and color in print has been requested, you will receive a unique link to the Copyright Clearance Center's (CCC) RightsLink system. APS has partnered with CCC to provide our authors with an online, web-based interface, RightsLink, to pay various author charges, including color in print. Full payment of the color charges will be required before the article is sent to production. If payment has not been received within 21 working days, the article will be sent to production with the figures designated as color online only, provided those figures have been properly prepared as individual electronic files (color online only results in no charges to the author). If you require more time to pay the charges, the article will be held until the anticipated payment date.

The charge is US $945 for a single color figure in print and $500 for each additional color figure in the print version of the article.

If reprints are required, they may also be ordered via the RightsLink system.