AGU journals will incorporate open source software to facilitate dialog among reviewers, editors and authors during peer review.
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AGU Provides Open Citations and Content Sharing
AGU joins new initiatives to make scientific research more transparent and accessible.
Grant Will Advance Standards Promoting Open, High-Quality Data
Ensuring that data in the Earth and space sciences are findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable (FAIR) lies at the heart of a new project funded by the Laura and John Arnold Foundation.
AGU Books Program Continues to Grow
With a dozen new titles published in the past year and interviews with editors as a new feature, the AGU books program is expanding during a time of change in scholarly publishing.
Gearing Up for Fall Semester
Geoscience professors explain how they use their summertime to get ready for teaching, researching, and mentoring when the school year begins again.
A Powerful New Tool for Research
A novel interface allows users of MATLAB and GMT, two software packages widely used by the geoscience community, to simultaneously harness the capabilities of both products.
Harassment in Astronomy and Planetary Science
New data reveal the prevalence of gender- and race-related harassment in astronomy and planetary sciences.
Science Societies Update Joint Stance on Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
In a revised statement, the American Geophysical Union and Seismological Society of America reaffirm their view that the capability to monitor the treaty should be expanded, completed, and sustained.
International Science Group Decries Trump Climate Pact Exit
The International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics also criticizes the U.S. withdrawal from the Green Climate Fund as perhaps more damaging than the nation’s exit from the Paris climate agreement.
Journal Impact Factors with Uncertainties
With this year’s Journal Impact Factors just released, AGU discusses some of the issues with this metric, encourages use of additional metrics, and suggests other means of assessing journal quality.
