GeoScienceWorld (GSW), a non-profit collaborative and comprehensive resource for research and communications in the Earth Sciences, has announced the acquisition of the journal Lithosphere, formerly published by The Geological Society of America (GSA), a GSW partner society. Lithosphere will provide a unique publishing choice for authors in the geoscience community, achieved through an alliance between GSW and leading non-profit societies, including the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), The Geological Society of America (GSA), Geological Society of London (GSL), Mineralogical Society of America (MSA), SEPM Society for Sedimentary Geology, Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG), and Society of Economic Geologists (SEG).
Lithosphere, a valued and established open access journal originally launched in 2009 by GSA with a targeted scope, will now expand to include coverage of research in all areas of earth, planetary, and environmental sciences. Development of a diverse international editorial board and reviewer base with expertise across the geosciences will drive the expansion of the journal’s scope.
The acquisition of the journal by GSW supports the organisation’s mission ‘to protect the viability and independence of society publishing programs while constantly exploring and incorporating valuable economic and strategic benefits of collaboration.’ As a community driven journal, this unique alliance of prestigious societies and editors in geoscience provides a home for all scientifically rigorous and valid research, published by highly respected organisations with a proven track record for disseminating high-quality authoritative findings.
Lithosphere will continue to publish under the guidance of GSA through December 31, 2019, with GSW taking over January 1, 2020.
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