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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. 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. 1. The Space Weather Journal app is released. See announcement about to be submitted to SPA News, Solar News, and PEN. Please edit and submit to additional newsletters as is appropriate (copy to Louis, Howard, and Brooks please!). 2. Current Editorial Focus for the Journal and Quarterly: - Space Weather "Annual Report" prepared by AGU
- Updates to text on the web site for the Space Weather Journal; will be passed by the publications committee for approval as soon as our input is complete.
- Q4 2013 SW Quarterly: Lou ready to work on this, status at AGU/Wiley?
- special section, nearly completed, devoted to the CRATeR mission and the radiation environment around the Moon
- 10th year anniversary
- assistance needed from editorial board or AGU?
3. Publication issues to address: - Near term:
- Establish distribution priorities for Quarterly (print vs electronic), update distribution list.
- Prototype layout of Quarterly via standard/custom Wiley Special Section templates
- Proposal to NSF and NASA re distribution of Quarterly and Writer Support
- Form Editorial Search Committee, write Terms of Reference for Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board
- Longer term:
- Explore/expand partnerships: AMS, AIAA
4. Topics for the AGU meeting of the editorial board: Notes from the meeting. Average times to acceptance and median times to acceptance. Citation is not as good but acceptance time scales are as good as any. Last slides in the Annual Report. Impact factors can be influenced; Louis and others started to address this via good editorial practices and we should expect to see the effects in the coming year. For example, there has been more examination of the references cited in the papers to ensure the papers approach the referencing process in a scholarly fashion. Number of submissions are increasing, citations are increasing as well. Barbara will tuck a couple in her briefcase. Re the Q4 2013 SW Quarterly: Lou and AGU are ready to move it along. This one was going to be the 10th anniversary edition with a cover reflecting. Will go forward as we have always done. May want to do a 11-year solar cycle anniversary. Could also do it as the beginning of the next decade. Re the updated text for the website. Could also be included in the iPad app. 3. Publication issues to address: - Near term:
- Establish distribution priorities for Quarterly (print vs electronic), update distribution list. In the past a few individuals did this manually via a phone call. AGU can update the committee people, need more work on the strategy for this.
- Prototype layout of Quarterly via standard/custom Wiley Special Section templates.
- Proposal to NSF and NASA re distribution of Quarterly and Writer Support.
- Form Editorial Search Committee, write Terms of Reference for Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board
Notes from the telecon: Will want to define roles for editorial board members. To be listed on the masthead, AGU requires editors have a specific role. As opposed to an advisory role. Lou: editorial board selected to cover wide range of topics that Space Weather covers, it was used not to handle papers but rather give ideas for the papers, serve as expert reviewers, and solicit non-technical articles. / How do boards operate on other journals? Issue is to balance the recognition value versus the depth of role played -- across all AGU journals. One thing to do is to ensure the board has quarterly telecons in the future. This journal does include world-wide participation to ensure the broadest reach possible and plans to do so in the future. We understand that AGU wants to place SWJ in the context of the other journals, we also need understanding that this journal is different and needs a lot of different kinds of input, across the world. Some folks may think this journal is more limited in scope than it is. We have a much broader audience than is known and need to ensure our board reflects this base and is able to bring focus toward all those areas. Bob Robinson, Howard Singer, and Bob McCoy will make a draft. Many of our readers are audience and their access statistics. - Longer term:
- Explore/expand partnerships: AMS, AIAA
4. Topics for the AGU meeting of the editorial board: - Suggestions for further App improvements to make it even more useful for readers and subscribers and users.
- Suggestions for SW Journal and SW Quarterly articles, features, etc.
- McCoy: Relationship between AMS and AGU re Space Weather and application to the Space Weather Journal/Quarterly (5-10 min). Collaboration? Link to the AMS Policy Statement on Space Weather. There may be a policy statement on Space Weather by AGU? Klimchuk can share that process (website with form?). What group can lead that?
- Luncheon entertainment on capabilities for production of the Quarterly. Brooks will send slides ahead of time (15 min)
- Potentially will have information on Terms of Reference for Editor/Editorial Board
- Suggestions for further App improvements to make it even more useful for readers and subscribers and users.
- Suggestions for SW Journal and SW Quarterly articles, features, etc.
- Some may wish to stay in the room past the nominal luncheon time for extended discussion, if our meeting obligations allow.
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Space Weather appears in the news:
http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/11009/20131119/deep-space-radiation-hazards-quantified-future-mars-exploration.htm http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/4982/20131119/scientists-collect-new-quantifiable-measurement-cosmic-radiation.htm | 