Publication Policy (v. 2)

Note: This draft version 2 is not applicable. Previous version.

Our goal is to make climate science accessible to everyone. This Publication Policy explains how we make this happen by publishing accessible research-based articles on climate. If you have any question, please use the contact details below. We will be delighted to hear from you.

From submission to publication

  1. Submission of manuscripts is free of charge.
  2. Submission of manuscripts is open to Climanosco members registered as climate scientists. In short, our main authors are required to be actively publishing research in the broad area of climate science and to have a post-graduate scientific education (see details in the Terms and Conditions of Registration and Membership).
  3. All manuscripts go through our extended peer review process where they are evaluated by an editor, science and accessibility reviewers, and Climanosco’s community, and revised accordingly by their authors.
  4. Manuscripts that complete the submission phase with a positive acceptance decision of the editor are published as submitted manuscripts in the journal Climanosco Research Manuscripts.
  5. Manuscripts that complete the revision phase with a positive final decision of the editor are published as revised manuscripts in the journal Climanosco Research Manuscripts.
  6. Manuscripts that successfully complete the peer review process are published as articles in the journal Climanosco Research Articles.
  7. Manuscripts and articles are grouped in collections.

Distribution and open access

  1. We publish all our manuscripts and articles in open access in the electronic format in our journals Climanosco Research Manuscripts and Climanosco Research Articles.
  2. We also produce printed collections. We offer them for free at our exhibits, to schools and local communities. Please get in touch with us if you are interested in distributing collections at your school, university or in your local community.
  3. You can also directly purchase printed collections at a near-production price from our online shop.

Archiving and permanent accessibility

  1. Archiving and open access of manuscripts and articles in the electronic format is permanent.
  2. Climanosco reserves the right to edit a document if purely technical corrections are necessary (e.g. corrupt file or incorrect bibliographical entry).
  3. Under no circumstances will Climanosco make any other change to the content of a manuscript or an article after publication.

Languages and translations

  1. All new manuscripts are submitted and peer reviewed in English.
  2. In the future, we aim to introduce translations of our articles.
  3. Translations will be performed by our community and will be peer reviewed.
  4. After their publication by Climanosco, translated articles will be available to everyone permanently and for free in the electronic format.

Copyrights

  1. Copyrights are set forth in our Copyrights notice.
  2. In short: Copyrights stay with the author(s) and published articles are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.

Citability

  1. All published manuscripts and articles are citable with a DOI.
  2. Article-level impact metrics will be added in the future.

Contact Climanosco

  1. You can contact Climanosco by mail or email.
  2. The mailing address is:
    Climanosco
    c/o The Hub Zurich Association
    Viaduktstrasse 93-95
    8005 Zurich
    Switzerland
  3. The email address is:

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