AGU Leads Open Science Push in 2023, Expands Access to Earth and Space Research
The American Geophysical Union (AGU) has made significant strides in promoting open science. It recently hosted the Community Science Exchange and signed the UN's Sustainable Development Goals Publisher's Compact. Meanwhile, the U.S. government's Office of Science and Technology Policy has declared 2023 the Year of Open Science.
AGU has been actively working to increase access to research and data. It offers funding support for authors who cannot pay publication fees through transformational agreements and Research4Life. Over the past five years, AGU has seen a growth in open science indicators among its journals. This includes an increase in open access articles and in-text data citations. As of August 2023, 89% of AGU's content published between 2017 and 2022 is free to read.
AGU has also expanded its open access initiatives. It launched a new open access book series, GeoHorizons, in collaboration with The Geological Society. Additionally, AGU continues to convert subscription journals to fully open access, signing transformational agreements with institutions worldwide. It encourages open data and software, with 99% of research articles in AGU journals now including a data availability statement.
AGU's commitment to open science is clear. It joins the global community in acknowledging 2023 as the Year of Open Science and is dedicated to making Earth and space sciences more accessible and transparent. With these efforts, AGU is working towards a future where scientific research is open to all.
