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This session is dedicated to celebrating 25 years of interactive open access publishing (IOAP), the publication model that is applied in all EGU journals. All abstracts for this session will be provided by the executive/chief editors of the EGU journals and its compilations.
To mark this milestone for the EGU publications and IOAP, the session showcases the full EGU publishing portfolio: EGUsphere, all EGU journals, and additional publications such as EGU Letters and the Encyclopedia of Geosciences and particular features of EGU’s transparent, community-driven and not-for-profit publishing approach.
All current and prospective authors, referees and editors are invited to join this celebration, meet the EGU Executive/Chief editors, explore the EGU publications and discover how to get involved in shaping the future of the EGU publications.
The journey of IOAP began in 2001, when Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics was launched as the first journal to apply the interactive open access publishing model. Now adopted across all EGU/Copernicus journals, the multi-stage publishing approach combines public peer review with transparent interactive discussion, encouraging participation of the scientific community in the evaluation of preprints prior to final journal publication. The multiple stages consist of EGUsphere, EGU’s interactive community platform for the discussion of preprints, that is seamlessly integrated into the editorial journal workflow. EGU Letters represent a third stage, where particularly outstanding journal papers are selected to receive additional scientific recognition following rigorous review.
Since then, more than 50,000 journal articles and 60,000 preprints were published, accompanied by over 250,000 comments from authors, referees, editors and other members of the scientific community. This transparent process strengthens scientific quality control and helps reduce the risks of bias, fraud, and plagiarism in scholarly publishing. This session recognizes these achievements as part of EGU’s ongoing efforts to advance open, transparent, and community-driven publishing.