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- Published on 04 June 2009
ESO and EDP Sciences sign new contract for A&A © ESO
A new contract for the publication of the scientific journal Astronomy and Astrophysics (A&A) has been signed with EDP Sciences (EDPS), by Prof Tim de Zeeuw, Director General of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), and Dr Jean-Marc Quilbé, Managing Director of EDPS, at the ESO Headquarters in Garching near Munich, Germany.
“It is a great pleasure for the Board to announce that the contract for the production of A&A from January 2010 has been signed at ESO with EDP Sciences. Thus, for a renewed period, EDPS will continue as the publisher of A&A”, said Professor Georges Meynet, Chairman of the Board of Directors of A&A.
The Board is in charge of managing the journal. It consists of representatives of A&A’s 23 member countries plus ESO, which has handled the legal matters of A&A since the journal was established in 1969.
“Astronomy & Astrophysics is owned by and operated for the astronomical community, and it is important that we make sure that we have the best available publisher for the journal”, said Prof de Zeeuw.
“EDPS is excited to be continuing as the publisher of this major journal of astronomy, which is an important vehicle for the dissemination and archiving of high quality science results”, said Dr Quilbé.
Following a “call for tender” issued by the Board to select a publisher for the coming years, EDPS emerged as the optimum choice. The Board thanks all bidders for their interest in A&A.
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- Published on 04 March 2009
In this remarkable year of international astronomy, Astronomy & Astrophysics is proud to inform you of its poster sponsorship of the IAU General Assembly which will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from August 3-14, 2009.
A special issue of Astronomy & Astrophysics celebrating the Journal's 40th anniversary will be published in June (Volume 500 Issue 1) and complimentary copies will be available at the Rio de Janeiro IAU GA.
This vibrant city is not only a prime tourist destination but also a great concentration of scientific and technological activities making it one of the most important centers in Brazil and Latin America. It is in this very place that the first Brazilian national observatory was established by the Emperor Dom Pedro I in 1827.
At the 2009 General Assembly 4 discourses with invited speakers, 6 symposia, 16 joint discussions, 10 special sessions, the Women in Astronomy Lunch Meeting and 2 young astronomers' events will all be taking place.
The IAU`s XXVII General Assembly is organized by the Brazilian Astronomical Society for the International Astronomical Union in the context of the International Year of Astronomy 2009.
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International Year of Astronomy 2009 is endorsed by the United Nations and the International Council of Science (ICSU).
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- Published on 05 February 2009
EDP Sciences has the pleasure to inform you of the new 1.7 version of this platform.
This version offers a new graphic design, and a more user-friendly introduction page to the articles.
In particular, the tools at the
disposal of the reader (recommend this article, search by authors, article citing
this article,...) are placed on the right of the abstract, which make them
more visible and which allow us to include new functionalities:
- the reader is informed when the article is cited ("citation alert") and/or when an erratum is published ("correction alert");
- links to social bookmarking sites are added (Bibsonomy, CiteULike, Connotea, Del.icio.us, Digg and Facebook);
- the use of the tool "dowload citation" is extended to EndNote and Reference Manager;
- the Open URL is implemented for abstracts.
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- Published on 20 January 2009
EDP Sciences and A&A are glad to announce the “Second Astronomy and Astrophysics School: Scientific Writing for Young Astronomers” which will be held in Blankenberge, Belgium, from 18 to 20 May 2009.
The direct purpose of organising an “A&A School” is to teach young authors how to express their scientific results through adequate and efficient science writing. In other words: how to write scientific papers for different forums (journals, proceedings, thesis manuscripts, etc.).
Visit the website at www.swya.org
You can download the announcement.
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- Published on 19 January 2009
2009 has been declared International Year of Astronomy by the General
Assembly of the UN (United Nations Organization).
The Opening ceremony of the International Year of Astronomy takes place in
Paris, January 15-16, 2009, under the aegis of the UN, the UNESCO (United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation), the IAU
(International Astronomical Union). It is also supported by a number of
sponsors including French and international organizations and
institutions.
About 600 participants are expected, among them eminent scientists
(including Nobel Prize winners), and also about 200 young students from
over 100 countries, participating in the International Year IYA2009.
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| Jean-Paul Zahn (left) EAS Publications Series Editor-in-chief and Joachim Krautter (right) EAS President | Robert W. Wilson (left) 1978 Nobel Prize in Physics |
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- Published on 20 October 2008
Our color printing special offers have been extended until the end of 2009. Continue benefiting from these exceptional reductions:
Free for letters: figures (for which electronic files are provided in color) are published in color free of charge in the paper version;
50% reduction on the color figure prices for regular papers.
We are confident that the use of color printing will improve the visibility and diffusion of your articles.
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- Published on 16 October 2008
To favour broad and easy access to all published scientific information EDP Sciences has introduced the Open Access Option. Using this option your articles are published online and made accessible to all interested readers (subscribers or non subscribers) as soon as the manuscript has been fully processed and edited.
The cost of this service is 200 euros (without VAT) per article which is payable by the author, the author’s institution, or their funding body. This promotional price covers only a small fraction of the publication costs. The subscription form is sent at the proof stage with the offprint order form.
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- Published on 15 October 2008
The Editorial on English language editing at A&A can now be consulted in
A&A, vol. 490, issue 2, p. E19-E23, 2008.
The aim of language editing is to improve the overall clarity of its
published articles and to make certain a good level of English is maintained
thus leading to a style for the journal that is clear, concise, and easy for
scientists to read.
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- Published on 07 October 2008
Astronomy & Astrophysics exhibitor at 15th Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar System and the Sun (St Andrews, Scotland, July 21-25, 2008)
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- Published on 27 June 2008
We are very pleased to inform you of the 2007 A&A impact factor: 4.259 which was released on 18 June 2008 by the Journal Citation Reports, ISI Web of Knowledge.
Astronomy & Astrophysics articles were the second most cited with 76,647 citations in 2007.
