Eberhard Bodenschatz will succeed Alex Bradshaw as the Editor-in-Chief of the New Journal of Physics. From the press release issued today by the Institute of Physics: 'Currently at Cornell University, New York, USA, Professor Bodenschatz will move in the summer of 2005 to the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen, Germany, where he heads the Department of Hydrodynamics and Pattern Formation. Eberhard...will play a vital role in ensuring the continued editorial development of NJP, establishing it further as a premier, open-access research journal serving the entire physics community. During Alex's three and a half year term, NJP grew by more than 700% and the journal has now accumulated an excellent body of work extending across the whole of physics. With a readership extending to more than 150 countries each year, the journal has also proved able to provide the widest and most effective dissemination of its content. More than 350,000 articles have been downloaded since NJP's launch six years ago and its growing Impact Factor is currently 2.48. 'I am delighted to have been involved with what was, and still remains, a publishing initiative at the vanguard of the open-access movement within the physical sciences' said Professor Bradshaw....'For many years I have had a strong interest in open-access publishing' said Professor Bodenschatz. 'The more I was delighted when NJP was created by the DPG and IOP. In the short time of its existence and under the excellent leadership of Alex Bradshaw and the distinguished editorial board, NJP has established itself as a recognized, free-to-read journal of outstanding quality. I am a true fan of this publishing concept and will do whatever possible to decrease author costs and at the same time help to ensure the continued high quality. I see a bright future for NJP and very much looking forward to serving as Editor-in-Chief.'
Posted by
Peter Suber at 12/16/2004 03:02:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
