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AGI 2: Open Access

AGI 2.1: Invited Talk

Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 11:15–12:00, EMH 225

Interactive Open Access Publishing and Public Peer Review: Transparency and Self-Regulation in Scientific Communication and Quality Assurance — •Ulrich Pöschl — Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany

The traditional forms of scientific publishing and peer review do not live up to the demands of efficient communication and quality assurance in today's highly diverse and rapidly evolving world of science. They need to be advanced and complemented by interactive and transparent forms of review, publication, and discussion that are open to the scientific community and to the public.

The advantages of open access, public peer review and interactive discussion can be efficiently and flexibly combined with the strengths of traditional publishing and peer review. Since 2001 the benefits and viability of this approach are clearly demonstrated by the highly successful interactive open access journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP, www.atmos-chem-phys.net) and a growing number of sister journals launched by the publisher Copernicus (www.copernicus.org) and the European Geosciences Union (EGU, www.egu.eu).

The principles, key aspects and achievements of interactive open access publishing will be summarized (top quality & impact, efficient self-regulation & low rejection rates, little waste & low cost). Perspectives for future developments in scientific communication and and quality assurance will be outlined and discussed.

www.atmospheric-chemistry-and-physics.net/general_information/ public_relations.html