CEO DATELINE - American Geophysical Union to make journal open access
CEO DATELINE - American Geophysical Union to make journal open access
- June 30, 2021 |
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Walt Williams
The American Geophysical Union will make a journal focusing on Earth sciences an open-access publication starting in early 2022—part of a larger trend of academic journals reconsidering their subscription models in light of complaints about price and inclusion.
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"Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems," or "G-Cubed," will make all content published in the journal freely available starting Jan. 1, AGU said in a statement. The journal publishes research on the chemistry, physics, geology and biology of Earth and planetary processes.
AGU said the change will ensure research in G-Cubed is available to researchers worldwide. Universities and research institutions are currently the major subscribers to the journal although individuals can access entire issues or individual articles at a variety of price points.
G-Cubed is the first mid-sized journal to make the switch to open access at AGU, following "Space Weather," which was converted to open access in 2019, according to a blog post by Matt Giampoala, vice president of publications, and Claudio Faccenna, editor in chief. The group currently publishes seven other open-access journals and plans to make up for lost revenue by increasing the fees authors pay for publication, although there are waivers and discounts for authors from low- to middle-income countries.
Other medical, scientific and academic associations have moved to open-access models amid complaints about the costs to access critical research, particularly for researchers and students from low-income backgrounds. The American Physics Society, the Endocrine Society and the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening are among the groups that have either converted existing journals to open access or launched new open-access publications in recent years.
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