Knowledge Transfer Telecom
CMMAP book and journal projects
5/23/2007
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Agenda
1. Book
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Chapter authors
Updates
Publishers
Book proposal
2. Journal
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Movement toward Open Access
Review of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science (MAS)
Journals and Publishers
Publishing Options
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In house
Society (non-profit)
Commercial (for-profit)
Fact Sheet & Journal Proposal
3. Action Items
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Chapter Authors (as of 27 Apr 07)
A History of Atmospheric General Circulation Modeling
Chapter 1. Introduction
This chapter to be written by the WG for the book.
Chapter 2. From Richardson to Early Numerical Weather Prediction
Peter Lynch-invited 13 Mar 07; agreed 14 Mar 07.
Chapter 3. From Early Numerical Weather Prediction to General Circulation Models for Climate
Norm Phillips-invited 13 Mar 07; declined 15 Mar 07. Dave Burridge-invited 9 Apr 07; decline 10 Apr 07.
Chapter 4. The Evolution of Research Goals for General Circulation Models
Suki Manabe-contacted 20 Dec 06, agreed 10 Jan 07, declined 12 Jan 07 Warren Washington-agreed 25 Jan 07;
Akira Kasahara will co-author
Chapter 5. The Evolution of Complexity in General Circulation Models
Akio Arakawa-declined, 24 Jan 07. Dave Randall agrees, 5 Feb 07.
Chapter 6. Numerical Weather Prediction in the Era of Climate General Circulation Models
Eugenia Kalnay-invited 13 Mar 07.
Chapter 7. The Role of Observations in Developing and Evaluating General Circulation Models
V. Ramanathan, contacted on 12 Feb 07; agreed 13 Feb 07.
Chapter 8. The Societal Context of General Circulation Model Research and Development
Jerry Mahlman, request sent on 24 Jan 07; declined 20 Feb 07. Bert Bolin request sent on 27 Apr 07.
Chapter 9. Coupling Atmospheric General Circulation to Oceans
Kirk Bryan has agreed to author Ch. 9 as of 22 March 07.
Chapter 10. Coupling Atmospheric General Circulation to Land, Chemistry, and Biology
Bob Dickinson invited 9 Apr 07; agreed 11 Apr 07.
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Updates
Leo Donner 4/27/07
Ch 8. Will approach Steve Schneider if Bert Bolin declines
Ch 3. Dave Burridge suggested as alternate possibilities Dave Williamson, Adrian Simmons, Martin Miller, and Mike Cullen.
Dave Williamson is not interested.
Ch 6. Eugenia Kalnay (likely) declined. Since Chapter 6 deals with NWP in the era of climate models, I'm leaning in the
direction of the UK Met Office, since they actually have a unified model. Instead of Eugenia, I'm thinking about Cath Senior.
Richard Somerville 4/29/07
CH 3 & 6 …the possible author list could include Lennart Bengtsson, Ulrich Cubasch, Tony del Genio, Tony
Hollingsworth, Masao Kanamitsu, Jeff Kiehl, John Mitchell, Kiku Miyakoda, Tim Palmer, Erich Roeckner, and Jagadish
Shukla
Suggestion: Seek prospective author’s direction on Chapters 3 and 6.
…replace 3 and 6 with one chapter on the history of short-range, high-resolution NWP, including regional models, and
another on the history of medium-range NWP with emphasis on modern groups like ECMWF and the UKMO but also
their predecessors, such as Miyakoda's earlier work at GFDL.
…alternatively, treat a topic like cloud and radiation parameterizations and trace its evolution in both NWP and GCM
contexts, from total neglect in the early days, on through extremely simple schemes, to the present-day physically
comprehensive ones.
Leo Donner 5/22/07
Lennart Bengtsson has agreed to author Chapter 3.
Suggestion: dispense with Chapter 6, "Numerical Weather Prediction in the Era of Climate General
Circulation Models." We can always resurrect it later, should a suitable author emerge.
Chapter 8 Steve Schneider, … James Fleming. As the current holder of the Revelle fellowship from AAAS
and his stature as a meteorological historian, he would probably be excellent.
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Prospective Book Publishers
• Publishers
• Cambridge (~$120 – $130, marketed Peter Lynch's book at $70)
• Ocean Atmosphere Interaction and Climate Modeling, Boris A. Kragan, 391pp,
1995 £75, paperback 2006 £32)
• Elsevier, Atmospheric Sciences (~$195-$120)
• Oxford (~$200-$60 hardback)
• Atmospheric Convection, Kerry Emanuel, 1994, 592pp hardback, $134
• Historical perspectives on Climate Change, JR Fleming, 1998, 208pp, $59
• Low cost options
• AMS meteorological monographs ($110-$50 hard cover, list price)
• AGU geophysical monograph series (~$90-$65 hard cover)
• Princeton University Press (~$70)
• Fundamentals of Ocean Climate Models, S. Griffies, 2004, 496pp $67
• Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry, D. Jacob, 1999, 264pp, $65
• Is Temperature Rising?, SG Philander, 1998, 240pp, $75
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Book Proposal
Marketability
• Drop “history” from the title (Susan Francis, Cambridge University Press)
• Consider topical chapters to attract a broader readership?
Other
• Status of Interviews
Book proposal
• Motivations for writing
• Chapters
• Short abstracts
• Readership
• Other academic researchers
• Professionals
• Grad students/under grads
• Comparable books
• Supplemental material
• CD, Web sites
• Editor & chapter author information
• Editors CV’s
• Authors affiliations & interests
• Time frame
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Agenda
1. Book
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Chapter authors
Updates
Publishers
Book proposal
2. Journal
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Movement toward Open Access
Review of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science (MAS)
Journals and Publishers
Publishing Options
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•
In house
Society (non-profit)
Commercial (for-profit)
Fact Sheet & Journal Proposal
3. Action Items
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Movement toward Open Access
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The EC has published its Communication on Scientific Information in the Digital Age:
Access, Dissemination and Preservation...highlights include the commitment to include
publishing costs in research projects and €50 million for work on infrastructures, in
particular digital repositories, in 2007-2008.
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Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) has pledged to resurrect the Federal Research Public
Access Act (S.2695), which would require federally funded research to become
publicly available online within six months of being published.
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US publishers and scientific societies are beginning to adopt a Hybrid Open Access
model.
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Typically author submission charges are more expensive than for Open Access Journals
Libraries still pay for subscriptions
Licensing policies are inconsistent
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MAS Journals – Impact Factors
Rank 2005
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Journal
ATMOS CHEM PHYS
CLIM DYNAM
J CLIMATE
GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEM CY
B AM METEOROL SOC
ATMOS ENVIRON
TELLUS B
OCEAN MODEL
CLIMATIC CHANGE
J AEROSOL SCI
AGR FOREST METEOROL
J HYDROMETEOROL
J ATMOS SCI
Q J ROY METEOR SOC
MON WEATHER REV
# of Articles
238
108
338
117
83
685
40
52
105
90
109
70
277
143
216
Impact
Factor
3.50
3.47
3.40
3.37
3.06
2.72
2.59
2.56
2.48
2.48
2.46
2.38
2.08
2.03
2.00
Rank 2004
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
J CLIMATE
CLIM DYNAM
J ATMOS SCI
GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEM CY
AGR FOREST METEOROL
ATMOS CHEM PHYS
B AM METEOROL SOC
ATMOS ENVIRON
J ATMOS CHEM
CLIMATIC CHANGE
BOUND-LAY METEOROL
J HYDROMETEOROL
J AEROSOL SCI
MON WEATHER REV
TELLUS B
343
107
209
123
116
170
86
640
73
85
85
66
97
193
41
3.50
3.50
2.95
2.86
2.81
2.67
2.61
2.56
2.05
2.04
1.99
1.90
1.86
1.86
1.85
Top 15 Journals sorted
by Impact Factor for
2005 (top) and 2004
(bottom)
Are Open Access
Journals gaining
readership/credibility?
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MAS Journals - ACP Example
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
800
700
600
500
Articles
400
pages/article (*10)
300
Pages/volume (/10)
revenue $ (/1000)
200
100
0
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Year
•Discussion section hosts simultaneous public and professional peer review
•User friendly online format
1 Revenue
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based on (low end) submission page charge of E23, 1.3E/USD
2007 figures projected through March to end of the year
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Academic Journal Market
1 PUBLISHING
COOPERATIVES: AN ALTERNATIVE FOR SOCIETY PUBLISHERS, A SPARC Discussion
Paper, Raym Crow, Senior Consultant, SPARC Consulting Group, February 2006
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MAS Journals – Average Impact Factor and
Cost by Publisher
Rank
20002004
Publisher
Impact
Factor
Price per
article
Relative
Cost
Index
Titles
Composite
Price Index
4
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AMER METEOROLOGICAL SOC
2.16
1.96
0.29
1.54
7
1
ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOC
2.03
3.40
0.49
2.53
8
2
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
2.16
4.63
0.63
3.57
9
2
EUROPEAN GEOPHYSICAL SOC
2.47
3.67
0.80
3.93
10
2
BLACKWELL MUNKSGAARD
2.27
6.31
0.91
4.45
13
1
INTER-RESEARCH
1.36
11.46
1.28
7.63
15
1
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
2.56
10.78
2.12
10.04
16
1
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
0.38
12.21
2.85
14.72
17
1
JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD
1.62
20.45
2.99
15.43
18
5
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
1.64
16.61
2.95
16.04
19
4
KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL
1.64
21.99
3.14
17.81
20
3
SPRINGER-VERLAG
1.74
21.49
3.60
18.43
21
1
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
1.48
19.68
4.30
22.18
24
2
SPRINGER-VERLAG WIEN
1.23
33.74
6.30
32.45
25
2
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
1.69
42.79
7.78
36.68
1 Cost
data from Ulrich's International Periodical Directory and the ISI Journal Citation Reports database. Terms defined at
http://www.hss.caltech.edu/~mcafee/Journal/explanation.html
2 Impact Factors form ISI
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MAS Journals –Impact Factor and Cost by
Publisher
Rank
20002004
1
2
4
7
8
9
10
13
14
15
16
17
20
21
23
24
27
28
29
30
31
32
34
37
39
40
44
45
46
1 Cost
Title
BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN
METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
JOURNAL OF CLIMATE
JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC
TECHNOLOGY
JOURNAL OF HYDROMETEOROLOGY
MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW
JOURNAL OF APPLIED METEOROLOGY
QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL
METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY
WEATHER AND FORECASTING
GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES
TELLUS SERIES B-CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL
METEOROLOGY
TELLUS SERIES A-DYNAMIC METEOROLOGY
AND OCEANOGRAPHY
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
CLIMATE RESEARCH
ANNALES GEOPHYSICAE
OCEAN MODELLING
METEOROLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY
CLIMATIC CHANGE
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
CLIMATE DYNAMICS
JOURNAL OF AEROSOL SCIENCE
BOUNDARY-LAYER METEOROLOGY
ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY
METEOROLOGY AND ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS
DYNAMICS OF ATMOSPHERES AND OCEANS
Publisher
AMER METEOROLOGICAL SOC
Impact
Factor
2005
3.06
Price
per
article
0
Relative
Cost
Index
0
Composite Value
Price Index Category
0
good
EUROPEAN GEOPHYSICAL SOC
AMER METEOROLOGICAL SOC
AMER METEOROLOGICAL SOC
AMER METEOROLOGICAL SOC
3.50
3.40
2.08
1.53
0
1.45
2.05
1.85
0
0.16
0.27
0.28
0
0.86
1.4
1.54
good
good
good
good
AMER METEOROLOGICAL SOC
AMER METEOROLOGICAL SOC
AMER METEOROLOGICAL SOC
ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOC
2.38
2.00
1.70
2.03
2.26
2.25
3.04
3.40
0.31
0.31
0.46
0.49
1.62
1.63
2.4
2.53
good
good
good
good
AMER METEOROLOGICAL SOC
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
BLACKWELL MUNKSGAARD
1.14
3.37
2.59
2.80
5.03
7.03
0.55
0.47
0.75
2.84
2.84
3.86
good
good
good
BLACKWELL MUNKSGAARD
1.95
5.58
1.06
5.03
good
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
INTER-RESEARCH
EUROPEAN GEOPHYSICAL SOC
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD
KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL
SPRINGER-VERLAG
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
SPRINGER-VERLAG WIEN
SPRINGER-VERLAG WIEN
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
2.72
1.36
1.45
2.56
0.38
1.62
2.48
2.46
1.41
3.47
2.48
1.41
1.48
1.30
1.16
0.92
8.97
11.46
7.34
10.78
12.21
20.45
23.03
24.58
18.77
29.72
26.62
25.93
19.68
32.5
34.98
61
1.05
1.28
1.59
2.12
2.85
2.99
2.6
3.46
2.77
3.47
3.25
4.01
4.3
5.91
6.68
12.09
6.22
7.63
7.85
10.04
14.72
15.43
15.47
16.22
16.44
17.91
19.01
20.69
22.18
30.44
34.46
57.13
good
medium
medium
medium
bad
bad
bad
bad
bad
bad
bad
bad
bad
bad
bad
bad
data from Ulrich's International Periodical Directory and the ISI Journal Citation Reports database. Terms defined at
http://www.hss.caltech.edu/~mcafee/Journal/explanation.html
2 Impact Factors form ISI
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Journal Publishing Options
In House
Pros: full control, potentially low cost
Cons: slow startup, lacks instant credibility
Society (non-profit)
Pros: fast startup, midrange cost, initial credibility
Cons: loss of some control
Commercial Publisher (for-profit)
Pros: initial credibility
Cons: expensive submission charges, variable licensing policies
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OA and Hybrid Journal Submission Fees
Publisher
(# of Titles)
Publishing
Policy
Charges
Notes
Copernicus
(16) Open Access
€23-33 LaTeX-Word to €68 for Hard copy per
article 15-20pp* €23- €33*1.3 = $450-$850
Publisher for EGU, full feature online
format, offers interactive discussion
format
Hindawi
(36) OA
€50/page
mainly materials sciences,
mathematics and physics
PLoS
(7) OA
$1250 per article
not interested
BioMed Central
(176) OA
£750, €1110, $1465 per article
mainly biosciences, e.g. Carbon
Balance and Management
Science Publications
(9) OA
Springer
(917) hybrid; (1) OA
Springer Open Choice $3000
Elsevier
(14) Hybrid
$3000 (author sponsor available after article
is accepted)
Blackwell
(100) hybrid; (3) OA
£1250 ($2500)
AGU
offering hybrid option
as of 3/07
Author Choice, $75 ($142 for GRL) per
publication unit
ACS
(33) hybrid
AuthorChoice $3000 base fee, $2000
Affiliated Subscriber, $1500 ACS member,
$1000 ACS member, affiliated
Only PDF online format
publishers of Meteorology and
Atmospheric Physics
Additional color charges
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Journal Fact Sheet and Proposal
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Journal Fact Sheet outlines scope and journal format. Solicit interest from:
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EGU/Copernicus
AGU
Blackwell
Proposal
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Keep submission charges within proposed range of $500 - $1000 per article
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May require affiliating with non-profit publisher.
Hybrid model adopted by for-profit publishers ~$3000/article.
In 5-yrs become independent from CMMAP.
Become a top MAS journal (impact factor ~ 3) after 5-yrs.
Identify readership/authors
Provide information about competing journals and unique aspects of JAMES.
Define scope of articles intended for JAMES section directed toward science educators
and the general public.
Provide information about the initial editorial staff.
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Action Items
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Remaining book chapter authors (Donner, Somerville)
Draft book proposal (Ames/Donner)
Send out Journal Fact Sheet (Ames)
Draft journal proposal (Ames/Schubert)
• Next telecom - Wednesday, 6-20-07, 9AM MDT
– Follow up on Book and Journal action items
– KT to NWP and Climate Centers
• KT area of CMMAP website
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