The SUB Göttingen and Copernicus Publications introduced the National Consortium16 Jan 2019
for Central Payment Processing of Article Processing Charges on 1 January 2019
14 scientific institutions have joined the national opt-in consortium for the central payment processing of APCs for articles of all journals published by Copernicus Publications.
Institutional Agreement between Iowa State University Library and Copernicus16 Jan 2019
Publications
Iowa State University Library and Copernicus Publications have signed an agreement on the central billing of article processing charges (APCs) to facilitate the publication procedure for authors. This is the first agreement between Copernicus Publications and a university from the United States.
Copernicus Publications signs institutional agreement with Helsinki University Library28 Nov 2018
To facilitate the publication procedure for authors from Helsinki University, Copernicus Publications and Helsinki University Library have signed an agreement on a central billing of article processing charges (APCs).
Copernicus Publications signed Enabling FAIR Data Commitment Statement in the Earth,05 Nov 2018
Space, and Environmental Sciences and updated data policy and author guidelines
Data underpinning any research finding should be findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable (FAIR) – not only for humans, but also for machines. Therefore, Copernicus Publications requests that such data are available upon publication of an article.
OASPA board of directors election 201813 Jul 2018
We are very happy to announce that Dr. Xenia van Edig has been re-elected as a member of the board of directors of OASPA.
New Journal Impact Factors released27 Jun 2018
The latest Journal Citation Reports® have been published by Clarivate Analytics. The values on the respective journal websites will be updated within the next few days.
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Adam Scaife awarded Copernicus Medal 201811 Apr 2018
The Copernicus Gesellschaft e.V. awards the Copernicus Medal 2018 to Adam Scaife for innovative research and international collaboration on the causes, simulation and prediction of climate variability.
New institutional agreement between the PIK and Copernicus Publications24 Aug 2017
Authors from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) will profit from a new institutional agreement with Copernicus Publications starting 23 August 2017. The agreement which is valid for the first author enables a direct settlement of article processing charges (APCs) between the PIK and the publisher.

Revision of editors', referees', and authors' obligations29 Jun 2017
The general obligations for editors, referees, and authors have been revised to give advice for the appropriate handling of literature suggestions.
New Journal Impact Factors released15 Jun 2017
Clarivate Analytics has published the latest Journal Citation Reports®.
New licence & copyright agreement06 Jun 2017
From 6 June onwards, all newly submitted articles, if accepted for publication, will be distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
New display and citation guidelines for DOIs06 Jun 2017
To make it as easy as possible for users without technical knowledge to cut and paste or click to share DOIs, CrossRef has changed the display and citation guidelines for DOIs from "doi:10.5194/abcd" to "https://doi.org/10.5194/abcd".
International Geo Sample Numbers (IGSN) now includable in article assets19 May 2017
Since early 2016, Copernicus Publications has been enabling authors to connect their articles with underlying or related material such as research data, model code, or scientific videos. To enhance reproducibility it is now also possible to include International Geo Sample Numbers (IGSNs) as assets.
EGU journals: celebrations and growth16 May 2017
In 2016, the 17 EGU–Copernicus peer-reviewed open-access journals experienced significant growth. We published over 3300 final-revised papers, corresponding to some 53,500 pages, a growth of about 10% compared to the previous year. These papers were downloaded over 645,000 times.
We celebrate the 10th anniversary of TC and the 20th anniversary of HESS27 Apr 2017
We are very pleased to announce the 10th anniversary of The Cryosphere and the 20th anniversary of Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. Please celebrate with us during two evening receptions, open to all, at the EGU General Assembly 2017 in Vienna, taking place Thursday, 27th April, 19:00.
Antje Boetius awarded Copernicus Medal 201719 Apr 2017
The Copernicus Gesellschaft e.V. awards the Copernicus Medal 2017 to Antje Boetius for her pioneering work on the biogeochemistry and microbiology of ocean methane dynamics and the biogeochemical effects of retreating Arctic sea ice.
TIB interview with Xenia van Edig about the importance of scientific videos and the 30 Mar 2017
TIB-Copernicus collaboration
Since October 2015, authors who publish their article in one of Copernicus' open-access journals have been able to host their supplementary videos and video abstracts in the TIB AV-Portal. The videos are then linked in the assets tab of the article through a DOI. Recently, the German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB) has published an interview with Xenia van Edig, responsible for Business Development at Copernicus, about the importance of scientific videos and the experience from the TIB-Copernicus collaboration. Please read the interview published in the TIB Blog.
EGU-Copernicus report about citation stacking in the journals SE and SOIL27 Feb 2017
EGU and Copernicus Publications carefully investigated the editorial and reviewing activities of all eight scientists accused in the anonymous "McDonald" report about an alleged "citation cartel". The report is available for download.
A case of editorial malpractice detected13 Feb 2017
Recently we have become aware of a case of scientific malpractice by an editor of two of our journals (SOIL and SE) who used the position as editor and reviewer to disproportionately promote citations to personal papers and associated journals. Please read the editorial.
New institutional agreement between the TU Darmstadt and Copernicus Publications27 Dec 2016
Authors from the Technical University Darmstadt will profit from a new institutional agreement with Copernicus Publications starting 1 January 2017. The agreement which is valid for corresponding authors enables a direct settlement of article processing charges (APCs) between the university and the publisher.
Inaugural global methane budget published in ESSD12 Dec 2016
Today, Earth System Science Data (ESSD) published the inaugural global methane budget. This budget quantifies for the first time the ensemble of the many sources and processes that determine global methane concentrations in the atmosphere.
Copernicus Medallist Dr. Philippe Ciais among Highly Cited Researchers 201609 Dec 2016
Clarivate Analytics has announced the Highly Cited Researchers 2016. We are proud that many of our journals' authors, editors, and referees, and especially the 2016 Copernicus Medallist, Dr. Philippe Ciais, are on the list of more than 3,000 researchers.
Copernicus Publications and the Leibniz Association sign institutional agreement01 Sep 2016
Copernicus Publications and the Leibniz Association have agreed on a central billing of article processing charges (APCs) to facilitate the publication procedure for authors. So far three Leibniz institutes are participating in this agreement.

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