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If you are outside the US, you may want to refer to this pdf for specific country information re accessing these telecon lines. 1. Review of information currently in circulation - Result of AGU Journal Assessment activities, Space Weather Strategy Assessment_2013_LJL.pdfinput A , input B
- Kickoff telecon to discuss Space Weather Journal/Quarterly issues/direction, notes
- Value to Community identified in emails/telecon notes:, see below
- Primary Challenges identified in emails/telecon notes:, see below
- Contributing Challenges identified in emails/telecon notes:, see below
- AGU/Wiley assets about to be in place that can be leveraged:, see below
- Questions for the editorial board (summarized from emails and meeting notes):, see below
2. Discussion items - Values/directions voiced as wanting to preserve:
- expand awareness of further establish SWJ/SWQ as the premier policy magazine for Space Weatherspace weather-related research disciplines
- continually increase the number and citation rate of high quality research papers in the journal
- continually increase the visibility of the journal and the quarterly inside and outside the research community
- printed version of quarterly to funding/policy stakeholders
- wide broad circulation of quarterly in some form as broad communication tool for space weather research
- Initiatives suggested through the flurry of emails:
- Overall:
- work w/ AGU and SPA leadership to institutionalize SWJ/SWQ as a flagship science policy publication for AGU
- increase visibility of journal and quarterly beyond its current readership
- Access/Citation Rate:
- increase the number of reviews among the journal papers
- continue/expand the Editor's Choice column
- work with other editors to encourage redirection of appropriate research papers to SWJ
- work with other editors for greater cross-referencing of relevant papers via new WWW site capabilities
- Address Editorial Management Burdens / Production Costs
- pursue "sponsored" support for professional editing and hardcopy printing costs for Quarterly
increase visibility of journal and quarterly beyond its current readership- examine whether the production methods for the quarterly can economically leverage the Wiley "special collections" features to enable iPad/ebook versions and print-on-demand
- establish subscription rules for print versus electronic versions of the Quarterly and processes for continued maintenance of the distribution list
.continue/expand the Editor's Choice column- carefully assess the government-mandated open access journal model, the responses to that mandate across the relevant publishers, and the potential benefit/liability to a range of journal and quarterly business cases.
3. Steps Forward in preparation for meeting at AGU - What further investigation needs to be done to set a strategic direction?
- With the benefit of another telecon, do we have sufficient consensus to draft a white paper for AGU consideration?
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