Session outline

* Only invited lectures Union(U) Session Sub Category Union Session ID U-03 Title JpGU and future perspective of scientific journals Short title JpGU and future of scientific journals Convener Name Hodaka Kawahata Affiliation Atmosphere Ocean Research Institute, the University of Tokyo Email kawahata@aori.u-tokyo.ac.jp Co-convener 1. Name Hirokuni Oda Affiliation Institute of Geology and Geoinformation, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST Email hirokuni-oda@aist.go.jp Co-convener 2. Name Toshitaka Tsuda Affiliation Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere Email tsuda@rish.kyoto-u.ac.jp International Symposium No request Language Japanese Scope JpGU has launched a new journal "Progress in Earth and Planetary Science" (PEPS) in January, 2014. JSPS and MEXT request Japanese academic societies to promote the transmission of the results of scientific research to overseas and to produce higher level of the circulation by open access e-journal in near future. In addition to PEPS, academic societies supporting JpGU also promote academic publishing through their journals supported by JSPS and MEXT. This session will discuss business model of open access e-journal, its real situation, future perspective of the scientific publication and its influence on the earth and planetary researches. Type of presentation Oral and Poster presentation Invited papers Nobuko Miyairi (Nature Publishing Group)