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| Toll Free Number: 866-757-4161 Toll Number for International: 1-517-968-4405 Participant passcode: 5807653 If you are outside the US, you may want to refer to this pdf for specific country information re accessing these telecon lines. Purpose of the Telecon: Discussion where all can voice opinions that help identify key issues and form a consensus view on how to move forward. Top-Level Points for Discussion / Is there agreement that: - There is a need for both a Space Weather Journal (SWJ) and a Space Weather Quarterly (SWQ)?
- Will AGU accept in their business plan, that because the journal serves AGU, its members, and society in policy areas as well as contributing to science research, that at least temporarily, both the SWJ and the SWQ will continue while changes are evaluated (establishing a proper editorial transition process, possible new publishing formats, level of support from AGU staff, etc.). Is this something we want to recommend? How long to allow for this process?
- Regarding immediate issues, what happens on January 1? Can we entice Lou to stay on to keep the journal/quarterly progressing smoothly during this period? What do the advisory committees recommend? What is the AGU planning? How do we work together?
- Regarding the new possibilities with Wiley (e.g. special collections etc.), what do we need to do to understand these better and perhaps see demos from comparable products to see how they would serve SWJ subscribers. Do the new Wiley capabilities really solve the key issues related to the SWJ and SWQ? It will be essential to have an iterative development process between the developers and the consumers.
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| MEETING/TELECON INFO TELECON #1:
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Thurs, Nov 21 at 3pm Eastern Thurs, Nov 21 at 9pm Frankfurt Thurs, Nov 21 at 8pm London Thurs, Nov 21 at 2pm Central Thurs, Nov 21 at 1pm Mountain Thurs, Nov 21 at 12noon Pacific Thurs, Nov 21 at 10am Honolulu Thurs, Nov 21 at 5am Tokyo (zzzz!) | TELECON #2: |
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Mon, Dec 2 at 2pm Eastern Mon, Dec 2 at 8pm Frankfurt Mon, Dec 2 at 7pm London Mon, Dec 2 at 1pm Central Mon, Dec 2 at 12noon Mountain Mon, Dec 2 at 11am Pacific Mon, Dec 2 at 9am Honolulu Mon, Dec 2 at 4am Tokyo (zzzz!) | Space Weather Board Luncheon:
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Tues, Dec 10 at 12:30-1:30 Pacific at the Marriott
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Wed, Oct 23 at 11am Eastern Meeting Notes Thoughtful input from Wilkinson
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Summer 2013? Space Weather Assessment / Strategic Plan Supplement to Assessment / Plan
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- Values/directions voiced as wanting to preserve? (feel free to add/edit the list)
- further establish SWJ/SWQ as the premier policy magazine for space weather-related research disciplines
- continually increase the number and citation rate of high quality research papers in the journal
- continually increase visibility inside and outside the research community
- printed version of quarterly to funding/policy stakeholders
- broad circulation of quarterly in some form as broad communication tool
- Initiatives suggested through the flurry of emails (feel free to add/edit the list):
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- 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
- 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
- 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.
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- *Value to Community identified in emails/telecon notes: *
- important policy magazine for the Union and for a broad segment of membership
- premier journal for space weather
- the journal is the only society sponsored publication for operational space weather research
- quarterly is key for communicating ideas to people with limited science background
- *Primary Challenges identified in emails/telecon notes: *
- access statistics appear low; one of least accessed AGU journals
- cost, including the quarterly, is high relative to other journals
- *Contributing Challenges identified in emails/telecon notes: *
- scientists in the field perhaps either do not have the time to publish the applications of their research or it's not a priority?
- the quarterly somewhat over-shadows the journal? a casual poll reveals that some scientists aren't aware there are two distinct, but linked publications
- increasing the visibility of the journal can result in increased subscriptions to the Quarterly, which increases costs.
- authors of non-technical articles may not continue to write for the journal/quarterly if their writings will no longer reach the decision makers and policy folks that the quarterly has reached in the past.
- *AGU/Wiley assets about to be in place that can be leveraged: *
- iPad App soon available for SWJ. Once synced with institutional account, downloads and reading can happen anywhere for 3 months. The app provides an HTML view of the content and can be organized by special section. One can browse by issue or by just released articles. Note that the quarterly is currently produced in a manner which limits the ability to participate in this rollout of journal aps.
- Wiley is working on redesign for journal WWW sites including flexible "widgets" that can be used to increase cross-referencing between journals and/or special collections. One new feature will be a "special collections" feature than can pull and organize content across journals and include options for a cover, TOC, and introduction. These can have guest editors and should be able to be released as individual aps or ebooks. These can also be printed on-demand.
- *Questions (summarized from emails and meeting notes): *
- What should the business model for the Space Weather Journal be? Should move to open access with author fee? How can the commentary pieces be supported under that model?
- Is there a need for editorial scope change? How can we better enforce the distinctions to the science research journals such as Radio Science and JGR Space Physics?
- How should the Quarterly evolve? Should the content expand to highlight related content published in other journals?
- Is a separate composition/production stream necessary for the Quarterly? Can we use the production stream created for the new virtual journals to streamline production and enable electronic access?
- How to best balance the business model for the quarterly? What should be the proportion of print versus electronic access? Should we renew sponsored development and printing? How do the necessary writing professionals get their support?
- During this time of transition, how can we best support a continuous stream of the highest quality space weather research papers AND the important news that our stakeholders need to have presented to them? Can we put some attention on the journal/quarterly to better aid the editors in meeting the current production schedule and to smoothly transition into a new production environment?
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From the First Issue: The primary goal of Space Weather: The International Journal of Research and Applications is to promote communication among scientists, engineers, technicians, science administrators, and space weather policy makers in a way that leads to continuous improvement in the nation's ability to mitigate space environment hazards to technical systems on the ground and in space.
Currently on the website: Space Weather: The International Journal of Research and Applications is an online publication devoted to theemerging field of space weather and its impact on technical systems, including telecommunications, electric power, and satellite navigation.
Space Weather is a research resource that also provides news and information for space weather professionals. Space Weather publishes:
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