Earth, Planets and SpaceAn Open Access Journal
Yasuo Ogawa（Editor in Chief, EPS）

Vol 69

5 Supporting Societies
The Society of Geomagnetism and Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences

The Seismological Society of JapanThe Volcanological Society of JapanThe Geodetic Society of JapanThe Japanese Society for Planetary Sciences

Journal Scope
Geosciences covered the five supporting societies
Geomagnetism
Aeronomy
Space ScienceSeismology
Volcanology
Geodesy
Planetary Sciences

History of EPS
Two journals merged as EPS in 1998
JGG (Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity) 1949JPE (Journal of Physics of the Earth) 1952The Japanese Society for Planetary Sciences joined.

Open Access publication since 2014
 Springer Open platform
Current volume number : 69

Editorial Board
expanded in 2016
Editor-in-ChiefYasuo Ogawa Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Vice Editor-in-Chief (Solid Earth Science)
Masato Furuya Hokkaido University, Japan
Vice Editor-in-Chief (Space Science)
Nozomu Nishitani Nagoya University, Japan
Editors(41)Japan (24)Asia (4) : Taiwan(2), China(1), Singapore(1)Oceania (3): Australia(1) NZ(2)Europe (7): Germany(1), Switzerland(1), France(1), Italy(1), Sweden(1), Austria(1), UK(1)North America (3)4 Article Types
1. Full paper
2. Express Letter(<5,000 words, max 5 (figs+tbls)) …NEW…

3. Frontier Letter (invited letter)
4. Technical report
Instrument design
Software designSpecial Issues

 In fact, we have no issues.
 Thematic collections as links

 Geo-Events (Volcano eruptions, Earthquakes)
 Project achievements including technical reports

 2014: 5 issues organized 2015: 8 issues
 2016: 7 issues
 2017: 4 issues organized Towards forecasting phreatic eruptions: Examples from Hakone volcano
and some global equivalents
 GNSS and SAR Technologies for Atmospheric Sensing Akatsuki at Venus: The First Year of Scientific Operation
 Advancement of our knowledge on Aso volcano: Current activity andbackground More to come …….

Merits of Publication in EPS
 Solid Background of Five Societies
 Qualified review
 Quick review process (in particular, Express Letters) ...in progress Increasing Impact Factor

 Open access publication with inexpensive APC
 Special issue

 Awards

Article type

MemberNon-member

Express Letters

360 Euros

540

Others540

900

Statistics
Terra Pub

SpringerOpen

2011 2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

IF

0.795

2.921

3.056

1.328

1.871

(2.062)

CiteScore

1.02

2.08

2.65

2.23

1.66

1.78

submission
s169

176

279

366

363

286

publications132

165

163

148

200

196

7.84

7.78

5.03

5.99

5.89

5.68

5.88

6.52

5.42

2017

MonthsSubmission

to acceptance(Total)(Letter)(ExpressLetter)

2.12

Successful special issue
Published 4 month after the Tohoku 2011 EQ
Citations in 5 yrs
Fujii et al.

189

Lay at al.

143

Shao et al.

120

Ammon et al.

109

Maeda et al.

109
As of Sept 16, 2016

Statistics
Terra Pub

SpringerOpen

2011 2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

IF

0.795

2.921

3.056

1.328

1.871

(2.062)

CiteScore

1.02

2.08

2.65

2.23

1.66

1.78

submission
s

169

176

279

366

363

286

publication
s

132

165

163

148

200

196

7.84

7.78

5.03

5.99

5.89

5.68

5.88

6.52

5.42

2017

MonthsSubmission

to acceptance(Total)(Letter)(ExpressLetter)

2.12

Recent Statistics
250

400
350

submissions

Publications
200

300
250

Tech Report

150

Letteroverseas

200

Japan

150

Frontier Lett

100

full paper

100

50

50

0012014

22015

32016

12014

32016

7400
350

22015

submissions

6300

5250
special issue

200

regular

150

4

Average time (months)
from submission to publication

3系列22100150Impact factor

00201412201532016

系列1120142201532016

Citing articles
EPS papers published in 2015-2016
 EARTH PLANETS AND SPACE JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH SPACE PHYSICS GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH SOLID EARTH
 EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS SPACE WEATHER ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS GEOPHYSICAL JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

Top authors
EPS papers published in 2015-2016
 FINLAY CC (14) OLSEN N (12) THEBAULT E (9) STOLLE C (9) LUHR H (9) SHIOKAWA K (8) MIYAKE H (8) KORTE M (8) KATAOKA R (8)EPS Steering CommitteeMembers
 10 Members from 5 societies, chaired by Kiyoshi Baba

Functions1. Financing
 Support from the 5 societies & JSPS

2. Advertisements Booth at conferences (JPGU, AOGS, AGU. EGU)
 Societies’ EPS web pages
 Social media
 Facebook
 Blog

Society web pagewww.earth-planets-space.org
More flexible web than Springer’s

EPS Booth at conferences

Advertisement @ EGU 2017SurveyAwards
1. EPS Excellent Paper Award (2016~) … NEW…
 One paper in the previous 5 years

2. EPS Young Researcher Award (2003~)
 35 yrs old or younger at the submission

3. Excellent Reviewers (2013~)
1. Highlighted Papers (2007~)EPS Young Researcher Award 2016
Dr. Michiyo SawaiEPS Excellent Paper Award 2016

Future plan Long-Term strategy committee established in 2016
 JSPS funding ends in FY 2017
Increase support from the five SocietiesOrDecrease support for APC

 Towards more collaboration with JpGU / PEPS
Expand Journal Scope as a JpGU Letter Journal ?
OrBecome one of the Letter journals in JPGU?

Earth, Planets and SpaceAn Open Access Journal
Yasuo Ogawa（Editor in Chief, EPS）

Vol 69