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| Status | Active |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1994 |
| Country of origin | Germany |
| Headquarters location | Göttingen |
| Distribution | Worldwide |
| Publication types | Scientific journals |
| Nonfiction topics | Earth science |
| Official website | publications |
Copernicus Publications (also: Copernicus GmbH) is a publisher of scientific literature based in Göttingen, Germany.[1] Founded in 1994, Copernicus Publications currently publishes 28 peer-reviewed open access scientific journals and other publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union.
Copernicus Publications is part of the open-access publishing movement. Initially, the CC BY-NC was used. In 2007, they switched to the CC BY attribution license.[2] Copernicus Publications has been described as the largest open access publisher in the Geo- and Earth system sciences,[3] and it is known as one of the first publishers to embrace public peer review.[4]
In 2014, one of their journals was terminated under allegations of nepotistic reviewing and malpractice; see Pattern Recognition in Physics#History for details.
- ^ Bornmann L, Daniel HD (2010). "Do author-suggested reviewers rate submissions more favorably than editor-suggested reviewers? A study on Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics". PLoS ONE. 5 (10): e13345. Bibcode:2010PLoSO...513345B. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0013345. PMC 2954795. PMID 20976226.
- ^ "License and Copyright Agreement". Copernicus Publications. Retrieved March 22, 2012.
- ^ Press release of the Max Planck Society
- ^ The editors of Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics explain their journal's approach