Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2014

Session information

Oral

Symbol U (Union) » Union

[U-03_1PM1] PEPS by JPGU and future perspective of scientific journals

Thu. May 1, 2014 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM Main Hall (1F)

Convener:*Hodaka Kawahata(Atmosphere Ocean Research Institute, the University of Tokyo), Toshitaka Tsuda(Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere), Hirokuni Oda(Institute of Geology and Geoinformation, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST), Chair:Hodaka Kawahata(Atmosphere Ocean Research Institute, the University of Tokyo), Hirokuni Oda(Institute of Geology and Geoinformation, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST)

Currently JpGU is preparing a new "Progress in Earth and Planetary Science", which will start in January, 2014. JSPS and MEXT request Japanese academic societies to promote the transmission of the results of scientific research to overseas and to produce higher level of the circulation by open access e-journal in near future. This session will discuss business model of open access e-journal, its general concept, future perspective of the scientific publication and its influence on the earth and planetary researches.