******************************************************************************************** EGU open-access journal Solid Earth From: Darren Grocke <d.r.grocke@xxxxxxxxxxxx> ******************************************************************************************** Dear Volcanologists I would just like to advertise the European Geosciences Union open-access journal called, Solid Earth (http://www.solid-earth.net/), which recently published an article on "First observational evidence for the CO2-driven origin of Stromboli's major explosions" (http://www.solid-earth.net/2/135/2011/se-2-135-2011.html). In addition, there is an article in the discussion phase still on "Dynamic magma mixing revealed by the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption" (http://www.solid-earth-discuss.net/3/591/2011/sed-3-591-2011.html). You may be asking yourself what is the advantage of publishing in an Open-Access journal. Well the following are just some of the advantages: (1) Rapid publication (in Solid Earth Discussions - SED: the quickest publication so far was within 4 days: the average over the past year is 9 days for publication). Once it is in SED it is assigned a DOI and is citable. (2) There are currently NO page charges for Solid Earth. And there is free copy-editing for authors from non-English speaking authors. (3) Once accepted through the Discussion phase, the revised version is considered by the assigned Topical Editor and if publishable is rapidy published in Solid Earth. (4) Apart from open access reviews, the traditional review process is also undertaken whereby 2 reviewers are asked to submit their reviews to the open discussion. Once that review is submitted you can respond immediately - no need to wait for all reviews and an editors decision. (5) The paper is in the open discussion phase between 4-6 weeks, before a decision is made by the Topical Editor. (6) At present the average publication time from initial submission to publication in Solid Earth is ~90–100 days…. (7) Solid Earth and SED are now included in DOAJ, the Directory of Open-Access Journals, which will allow us to start to deliver TOCs and article metadata. DOAJ is used by various other indexing services as the source for OA content. This EGU open-access journal is improving, with an impressive list of papers already published in Solid Earth. We anticipate to have this journal to have an impact factor by 2013, and we anticipate to have an impressive citation index within a few years comparable to other successful EGU open-access journals [e.g., 5-year impact factors for Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics (5.8), Biogeosciences (4.1), Climate of the Past (4.2)]. All the best Darren Grocke Chief-Executive Editor of the open-access journal, Solid Earth Dr Darren R. Grocke EGU President of the Stratigraphy, Sedimentology & Palaeontology Division (http://ssp.egu.eu/) Department of Earth Sciences Durham University South Road Durham DH1 3LE UK fax: +44 191 334 2301 d.r.grocke@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.facebook.com/dr.grocke ============================================================== To unsubscribe from the volcano list, send the message: signoff volcano to: listserv@xxxxxxx, or write to: volcano-request@xxxxxxx. To contribute to the volcano list, send your message to: volcano@xxxxxxx. Please do not send attachments. ==============================================================
