RE: Ocean Science from EGU

["David Prosser" <david.prosser@bodley.ox.ac.uk>]

Dear Peter

I am not in any way associated with the European Geosciences Union or
ocean studies, but:

The European Geosciences Union is a highly respected international 
scientific society formed in 2002 as a merger of the European Geophysical 
Society and the European Union of Geosciences. 
(http://www.copernicus.org/EGU/EGU.html)  As such, it represents 
approximately 60,000.

The societies that formed the EGU had 20 years' experience in scholarly 
publishing, and their open access titles are proving very popular and are 
listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals.  Ocean Science is a new 
journal, having been launched this year, but is already attracting 
high-quality articles.  Perhaps you should contact one of the Topical 
Editors, many of whom are based in the US 
(http://www.copernicus.org/EGU/os/editors.html).

Best wishes

David C Prosser PhD
Director
SPARC Europe
E-mail:  david.prosser@bodley.ox.ac.uk

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[mailto:owner-liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Fritzler, Peter
Sent: 29 November 2005 00:23
To: liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
Subject: OA: Ocean Science from EGU

Dear list members,

A faculty member at my institution recently inquired about publishing in

the open access journal, Ocean Science, a publication from the European
Geosciences Union. As far as open access goes, the journal appears to
subscribe to many of the tenets of OA publishing including Budapest,
Berlin, Bethesda, and Wellcome Trust. However, does anyone know anything

about the reputation of this journal and/or EGU?

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Peter Fritzler
Sciences Librarian
William Randall Library
UNC Wilmington
<mailto:fritzlerp@uncw.edu>