Special Issues
Ocean Science (OS) and its discussion forum Ocean Science Discussions (OSD) offer an efficient new way of publishing special issues for measurement campaigns, conferences, etc. The individual papers are peer-reviewed & published as soon as available in regular issues, but then labeled as part of the special issue and linked electronically.
The specific advantages are:
- Publication date is not limited by the latest paper/slowest peer-review process: every individual contribution to the special issue is published as soon as available.
- Efficient interactive discussion of the common theme on the OSD website.
- Pre-publication of discussion papers in OSD allows efficient cross-referencing between the final revised papers in OS.
- All contributions efficiently linked and coherently presented on dedicated special issue webpages (an appropriate logo is welcome as jpg file) easily accessible from the OS/OSD Online Libraries (chronological volumes and issues).
- Print-version available upon completed publication of all contributions. A minimum order of 20 copies will be needed, and the price will depend on the total number of pages in the special issue. Please contact the Copernicus Publications Production Office for a price calculation.
To make arrangements for a Special Issue, please contact an OS editor covering the relevant subject areas and an OS executive editor (see Editorial Board and Journal Subject Areas). Please provide the following information:
- Title for the special issue;
- Names & affiliations of the proposed special issue editors;
- Start & end of submission;
- A statement of the purpose of the special issue.
Responsibilities of special issue editors:
- Coordinate a rigorous peer-review process (at least two independent referees).
- Ensure that the English is at a high level, and request a copy-editing if necessary.
To browse existing special issues follow the links OSD Special Issues and OS Special Issues, respectively.
