AGU, a not-for-profit, professional, scientific organisation, has added a new title to its distinguished portfolio of journals, AGU Advances.
Published in partnership with Wiley, AGU Advances will be a Gold open-access journal. It will differentiate itself from other journals by being highly selective and will focus on publishing seminal research in the form of novel, innovative full-length papers that present new and selective scientific advances across the Earth and space sciences and related interdisciplinary fields. These articles are expected to have broad and immediate implications in their discipline and also be of interest to researchers in other Earth science disciplines, the broader science community and the public.
Beginning with the inaugural issue in late 2018/early 2019, AGU Advances will be published online-only. Full length papers are approximately 8,000 words and include multiple figures and in-depth explanations of methods, as well as discussion. Letters are approximately 4,000 words and typically include half as many figures. Most of the papers will be further enriched by open-access commentaries to provide further context around the research. AGU Advances will aim to publish at most around 150 papers per year to allow this enrichment and complement both GRL and the rest of AGU's portfolio.
AGU currently publishes 20 peer-reviewed scientific journals covering a great breadth of research in the Earth and space sciences; Eos.org, an online news site (accompanied by a monthly magazine); and award-winning books. The journals include Geophysical Research Letters, which publishes letters-length papers that merit rapid review and high attention across the Earth and space sciences. GRL is AGU's largest journal and published more than 1400 papers last year, indicating the broad popularity of this format. GRL will remain AGU's leading letters-length journal.
AGU is conducting a search for a scientist to lead the journal as Editor in Chief. The Editor in Chief will appoint additional Editors to this new independent Editorial Board from AGU's new College of Fellows, which will include representation from each of AGU's sections. AGU will also appoint a full time Ph.D. Managing Editor to further support authors and the peer review process.
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