{"id":144604,"date":"2013-12-07T14:42:23","date_gmt":"2013-12-07T13:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/universo\/?p=144604"},"modified":"2013-12-07T14:42:23","modified_gmt":"2013-12-07T13:42:23","slug":"soil-nueva-revista-internacional-del-egu-interactiva-y-en-acceso-abierto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/universo\/2013\/12\/07\/144604","title":{"rendered":"Soil: Nueva Revista Internacional del EGU Interactiva y en acceso abierto"},"content":{"rendered":"

En un post anterior \u00abCiencias del Suelo y Geociencias<\/span><\/a>\u00ab, os comentamos como la Divisi\u00f3n de suelos de la Uni\u00f3n Europea de Geociencias (EGU<\/span><\/strong>) (European Geosciences Union<\/a>) se encuentra alcanzando una importancia, para mi insospechada, en los \u00faltimos a\u00f1os. La Directiva de esta asociaci\u00f3n tambi\u00e9n ha logrado que la Presidencia de la EGU aprobara el lanzamiento de una nueva revista internacional que se denominar\u00e1 \u201cSOIL\u201d<\/span>.<\/strong> La revista seguir\u00e1, m\u00e1s o menos, los novedosos procedimientos ya empleados en otras iniciativas de tal sociedad, como lo es Biogeosciences<\/a> (BG), que r\u00e1pidamente alcanz\u00f3 un\u00a0 factor de impacto de 3,75<\/strong> <\/span>(4,1 en 5 a\u00f1os) (mayores que las mundialmente reconocidas<\/strong> Geoderma, Soil Science Society of America Journal, y European Journal of Soil Science<\/strong><\/span>). Sin embargo, al contrario que en las anteriormente mentadas, \u201cSOIL\u201d<\/strong><\/span> se editar\u00e1 en acceso abierto<\/strong> <\/span>(como Biogeosciences<\/a>) y la revisi\u00f3n de los art\u00edculos remitidos tambi\u00e9n ser\u00e1 visible a los lectores, pudiendo participar en la misma<\/strong>, evitando as\u00ed el<\/strong> <\/span>oscurantismo y lamentablemente a veces, velados intereses personales de unos revisores an\u00f3nimos. Abajo se abunda en este procedimiento que en su d\u00eda me dejo fascinado, mucho antes de que tuviera noticia del lanzamiento de \u201cSoil\u201d. Como \u00a0Presidente de la Divisi\u00f3n de Suelos de la EGU, Artemi Cerd\u00e0 se\u00f1ala en el comunicado y pdf que amablemente nos envi\u00f3, que en 2011 exist\u00edan unas 33 revistas internacionales de suelos indexadas siendo la mayor\u00eda de ellas especializadas en temas concretos, por lo que apenas un pu\u00f1ado de ellas resultaban ser de \u00e1mbito general<\/strong><\/span>. \u201cSOIL\u201d intenta ser una nueva, pero a\u00f1adiendo la transparencia y accesibilidad que permite el movimiento en acceso abierto. El \u00e9xito de las revistas aunteriores de la EGU, como la ya mentada<\/strong> Biogeosciences<\/span><\/a><\/span> permite augurar que ser\u00e1 indexada en pocos a\u00f1os pudiendo alcanzar un elevado factor de impacto<\/strong>.<\/span> M\u00e1s aun, al contrario que en las revistas generales del suelo aludidas precedentemente, \u201cSOIL\u201d desea potenciar todos aquellos estudios acerca de la ciencia del suelo de car\u00e1cter multi y transdisciplinar, con vistas a abrir las fronteras que nos integren con otras ramas del conocimiento afines, pero con las que no solemos interaccionar<\/strong>, tales como<\/strong> <\/span>los procesos superficiales terrestres, geolog\u00eda, geomorfolog\u00eda, hidrolog\u00eda, cambio global, ecolog\u00eda, etc.\u00a0Abajo os muestro el mensaje y parte del contenido del pdf aludido. Soy consciente de que muchos expertos de las Ciencias del Suelo, no entienden el procedimiento que propone \u201cSOIL\u201d con vistas a la evaluaci\u00f3n de los art\u00edculos que all\u00ed se remitan. En consecuencia os explico, grosso modo (lo cual puede acarrear alg\u00fan error por mi parte, pidiendo disculpas de antemano) como se realiza la denominada \u201crevisi\u00f3n por iguales\u201d.<\/strong> <\/span>Una vez recibido el art\u00edculo (…)<\/p>\n

\"revista-soil-egu\"<\/p>\n

Fuente: Stock Photo – climate change concept with earth planet on dry soil and copyspace<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Abajo os maestro el mensaje y parte del contenido del pdf aludido. <\/span>Soy consciente de que muchos expertos de las Ciencias del Suelo, no entienden el procedimiento que propone \u201cSOIL\u201d con vistas a la evaluaci\u00f3n de los art\u00edculos que all\u00ed se remitan. En consecuencia os explico, grosso modo (lo cual puede acarrear alg\u00fan error por mi parte, pidiendo disculpas por antelaci\u00f3n) como se realiza la denominada \u201crevisi\u00f3n por iguales\u201d<\/span>.<\/strong> Una vez recibido el art\u00edculo por la editorial, este es publicado ricamente en una primera fase<\/strong><\/span>, siendo todo el proceso visible para los interesados on-line. Los revisores, an\u00f3nimos o no (seg\u00fan sus preferencias) escribir\u00e1n all\u00ed sus consideraciones y cr\u00edticas al manuscrito, tambi\u00e9n al alcance de los lectores. Estos \u201cpor alg\u00fan\u00a0 procedimiento\u201d que aun desconozco en detalle, pueden inscribirse y criticar ya sea el art\u00edculo, ya las evaluaciones de los revisores. Todo este proceso dura un tiempo concreto, tras el cual, el consejo editorial acepta\/rechaza la contribuci\u00f3n. De ser rechazado el art\u00edculo<\/strong><\/span>, su contenido cr\u00edticas y otros comentarios permanecen en la WEB, a no ser que los autores decidan retirarlo. Si el la contribuci\u00f3n es aceptada<\/span> (segunda fase)<\/span><\/strong>,<\/span> pasar\u00e1 a engrosar el n\u00famero de papers<\/em> aceptados y publicados por la editorial, al estilo de otras revistas tradicionales. Tal modo de proceder tiende a evitar que<\/strong> <\/span>algunos referees tiren abajo un estudio esgrimiendo argumentos tendenciosos o falaces. Del mismo modo los lectores pueden juzgar si los editores sesgan sus decisiones. Dicho de otro modo, el sistema es mucho m\u00e1s transparente que los que se llevan al uso en las editoriales actuales<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n

El \u00fanico obst\u00e1culo<\/strong> <\/span>que yo detect\u00e9, al sopesar si deb\u00eda publicar en Biogeosciences,<\/a> estribaba en que si el art\u00edculo era aceptado para su publicaci\u00f3n el precio que deb\u00edan pagar los autores se me antojaba excesivo, dando lugar a un cierto elitismo (o tienes pasta o b\u00fascate la vida en otra parte). Desconozco si el dinero a desembolsar sigue siendo elevado o se ha rebajado a precios m\u00e1s populares (low cost<\/em>). Por esta raz\u00f3n desist\u00ed en enviar mi manuscrito. Espero y deseo que al menos en el caso de \u201cSOIL\u201d se soslaye este inconveniente. \u00a0Os dejo pues con los comentarios y parte del material del pdf de presentaci\u00f3n, que nos remiti\u00f3 en su d\u00eda Artemi Cerd\u00e0<\/p>\n

Juan Jos\u00e9 Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Revista soil del EGU<\/p>\n

Revistas del EGU, todas mediante el sistema de Acceso abierto<\/p>\n

Dear member of the Soil System Sciences Division of the EGU,<\/p>\n

Las Ciencias del Suelo de La Uni\u00f3n Europea de Geociencias (EGU) (President of the Soil System Sciences Division of the European Geosciences Union<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The EGU council also approved the launching of a new journal within the innovative open-access publication system of the EGU<\/strong>. This journal was requested by the Soil System Sciences Division Council in April and I am very happy that the council accepted this proposal<\/strong>. This is telling us that Soil Science is well stablished at the EGU.<\/p>\n

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See attached the proposal of SOIL.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reproducci\u00f3n del Contenido enviado por el Presidente de la Divisi\u00f3n de Suelos de la EGU a los miembros que forman parte de dicha sociedad<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

(\u2026) I also ask you to disseminate the journal and contribute with your best papers of your research team and community. We are having great expectations for the journal as we are sure that in three years time SOIL will be the leading journal in Soil Science.<\/p>\n

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Soil: An interactive open access journal of the European Geosciences Union<\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Proposal for a new EGU journal enabling open scientific publication and quality assurance based on multi-stage open peer review. An interactive open access journal of the European Geosciences Union <\/strong>Proposal for a new EGU journal enabling open scientific publication and quality assurance based on multi-stage open peer review<\/strong><\/p>\n

Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n

We wish to propose a new EGU Open Access journal \u2013 SOIL<\/strong> \u2013 to the EGU Council for approval. We feel there is a considerable opportunity in both the market and EGU\u2019s publication portfolio for an Open Access Soil journal (of which there are none)<\/strong>. There has been a groundswell of feedback supporting this move and there is a growing need (from funders and authors) for an open access and open Public Peer-Review Soil System Science publication<\/strong>. The Soil Systems Sciences Division voted \u00a0unanimously to support the proposal of a new EGU soil science journal <\/strong>at the 2013 business meeting in Vienna.<\/p>\n

Background and rationale<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Soil System Sciences (SSS) division of the EGU has been a strong and growing international research presence in the last few years. Since 2004 (200 abstracts; 7 sessions) the contribution of the Soil System Science Division has grown considerably with 1427 abstracts and 57 sessions<\/strong> at the 2013 EGU GA. After 10 years of active participation, the SSS Division proposes to develop a journal that will serve the whole EGU membership in collaboration with the other divisions of the EGU, but specially with NH, GM, HS, and BG divisions; and will contribute with HESS, NHSS, Esurf and Solid Earth to the development of a conglomerate of journals that research the interface between the rocks, biota, water and landforms<\/strong>. Originating from EGU sessions each year several special issues and journal articles are being published<\/strong> by other journals such as Catena, Geoderma, Land Degradation and Development, European Journal of Soil Science<\/strong>\u2026.. In the field of Soil Science there are currently a total of 33 SCI journals (JCR, 2011).<\/strong> The majority of these journals are topic specific and serve niche needs<\/strong> (e.g. Applied Soil Ecology, Soil Biology and Biochemistry or Clays and Clay Minerals) while only a limited number of journals cover all aspects of the discipline<\/strong> (e.g. Geoderma, Soil Science Society of America Journal, and European Journal of Soil Science), however, none of these journals focus on the interaction of soil with the Earth system. We argue that a new general journal of Soil Science will be welcomed within the Soil Science community for the following reasons<\/strong>: First<\/strong>, there is increasing recognition that global challenges, ranging from climate change to food security and from sustainable land and water resources to improved ecosystem functioning cannot be addressed effectively without the fundamental links that soil processes provide. A multi-disciplinary journal that focuses on the understanding of the soil system and its interactions with the entire Earth System is thus needed<\/em>. Secondly<\/strong>, most of the general soil science journals have a backlog with articles in press over several months or even years from submission to publication. A general journal of Soil Science that enables rapid publication and that makes scientific publications freely accessible will further enhance linkages between soil science and related disciplines<\/strong>. This was reaffirmed by a vote during the 2013. SSS meeting at the EGU GA 2013 on April 11th.<\/p>\n

Aims and scope<\/strong><\/p>\n

SOIL wants to be a leading international scientific journal dedicated to<\/strong> the publication and discussion of high quality research in the field of Soil System Sciences. Soil is at the interface between<\/strong> the atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere. SOIL will publish scientific research that will contribute to understanding the Soil System and its interaction with humans and the entire Earth System<\/strong>. The scope of the journal will include all topics that fall within the study of soil science as a discipline, with an emphasis on studies that integrate soil science with other sciences<\/strong> (hydrology, agronomy, socio-economics, health sciences, atmospheric sciences, etc.).<\/p>\n

Manuscript types considered for publication in SOIL will be original research articles, review articles, short communications, forum articles and letters to the editors<\/strong>. Proposals for Special Issues on thematic subjects should be directed to the editor for Special Issues<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

SOIL has a two-stage publication process<\/strong>, which involves an open scientific discussion and exploits the full potential of the Internet to:<\/p>\n

\u2022 foster scientific exchange;<\/p>\n

\u2022 enhance the effectiveness and transparency of scientific quality assurance;<\/p>\n

\u2022 enable rapid publication;<\/p>\n

\u2022 make scientific publications freely accessible.<\/p>\n

In the first stage<\/strong>, papers that pass a rapid access-review by one of the editors will immediately be published in SOIL Discussions (SOIL-D).<\/strong> Papers will then be subject to interactive public discussion, during which the referees\u2019 comments<\/strong> (anonymous or attributed), additional short comments by other members of the scientific community<\/strong> (attributed), and the author’s replies will also be published in SOIL-D<\/strong>. In the second stage<\/strong>, a peer-review and revision process is completed and, if accepted, finalized papers are published in SOIL. To ensure publication precedence for authors, and to provide a lasting record of scientific discussion, SOIL-D and SOIL are ISSN-registered, permanently archived and fully citable<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The focus will be on publishing contributions of highest quality, utilising the rigorous two-stage open review process of EGU. We envision that after the initial period of establishing SOIL it will soon emerge as the field\u2019s highest impact factor journal and become the preferred outlet for research on Soil System Sciences<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Review articles<\/strong> should comprehensively summarize and especially synthesize the state-of-theart science of specific subjects related to the scope of the journal.<\/p>\n

Forum articles<\/strong> will present new and original concepts and hypotheses that will advance soil science within an integrative science environment.<\/p>\n

Research articles<\/strong> are based on primary data collected and present substantial and original findings.<\/p>\n

Short communications<\/strong> report new methods or small datasets that have significant implications.<\/p>\n

Letters to the editors<\/strong> are short commentaries on published articles in SOIL.<\/p>\n

Johan Six, Eric Brevik, Jorge Mataix-Solera, John Quinton and Kristof van Oost are the executive editors of the journal. Please, if you have a good paper to be published I encourage you to contact them to be informed. The journal will be launched soon but still we will need some weeks to develop the webpage and the paper submission and review system. Johan Six (jsix@ethz.ch<\/a>) will be the Managing Editor (Editor-in-Chief) of the journal, Jorge Mataix-Solera (jorge.mataix@umh.es<\/a>) the responsible editor for Special Issues, Eric Brevik (eric.brevik@dickinsonstate.edu<\/a>) for the review articles, John Quinton (j.quinton@lancaster.ac.uk<\/a>) for the Awards and Recognitions program and Kristof van Oost (kristof.vanoost@uclouvain.be<\/a>) for the Forum discussions.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Sincerely,<\/p>\n

Artemi<\/p>\n

\u00a0Professor Artemi Cerd\u00e0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

President of the\u00a0Soil System Sciences Division\u00a0of the\u00a0European Geosciences Union<\/p>\n

Departament de Geografia. Universitat de Val\u00e8ncia. Blasco Ib\u00e0\u00f1ez, 28, 46010-Valencia. Spain<\/p>\n

sss@egu.eu<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0http:\/\/www.uv.es\/~acerda\/<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0www.soilerosion.eu<\/a><\/p>\n

Visit the SSS Division webpage.\u00a0http:\/\/www.egu.eu\/inside-egu\/divisions-and-present-officers\/division-soil-system-sciences\/home.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Visit the EGU webpage\u00a0www.egu2013.eu\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Visit our newsletter\u00a0http:\/\/www.egu.eu\/inside-egu\/divisions-and-present-officers\/division-soil-system-sciences\/newsletter.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Visit our blog\u00a0http:\/\/\/gsoil.wordpress.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Visit the flyer contest\u00a0http:\/\/www.egu.eu\/inside-egu\/divisions-and-present-officers\/division-soil-system-sciences\/best-flyer-competition-2013.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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