EarthArXiv
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Type of site | Science |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Website | eartharxiv |
| Commercial | No |
| Launched | October 23, 2017 |
| Current status | Online |
EarthArXiv is both a preprint server and a volunteer community devoted to open scholarly communication. As a preprint server, EarthArXiv publishes articles from all subdomains of Earth Science and related domains of planetary science. These publications are versions of scholarly papers that precede publication in peer-reviewed scientific journals. EarthArXiv is not itself a journal and does not evaluate the scientific quality of a paper. Instead, EarthArXiv serves as a platform for free hosting and rapid dissemination of scientific results. The EarthArXiv platform assigns each submission a Digital Object Identifier (DOI), therefore assigning provenance and making it citable in other scholarly works. As of August 2018, as EarthArXiv closed in on its one year anniversary, it had received 425 submissions. As a community of volunteers, EarthArXiv promotes open access, shares resources, and participates in shared governance of the preprint server and its policies.[1][2]
History
The idea of an Earth Science-focused preprint service developed independently in the U.K and the U.S. in early-2017. Christopher Jackson, a professor at Imperial College, began gathering European support for an Earth science preprint server. Jackson then inquired with the Center for Open Science (COS), a U.S.-based non-profit about using their existing preprint infrastructure, which is based on the Open Science Framework (OSF), to host the service. Around the same time, Bruce Caron and Tom Narock, having seen a COS demonstration at a meeting of the Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP), also began discussing an Earth science themed preprint system. COS put Caron and Narock in touch with Jackson in spring-2017, and a concerted effort was made to get the newly named EarthArXiv off the ground. The EarthArXiv principles resonated with ESIP, and they generously supplied physical meeting space as well as multiple means of virtual communication (e.g. email lists, telecons, Slack channels) to accelerate the effort. On June 1, 2017 the ESIP support coalesced into a formal working group, the Earth Sciences Pre-Print Cluster[3][4]. The cluster held bi-weekly conference calls and hosted their first in-person meeting during a break-out session of the Summer 2017 ESIP Meeting in Bloomington, Indiana.
The group spent six months community building, exploring other platforms (such as PLOS and PeerJ), and soliciting community feedback on how EarthArXiv should be constructed, and how it should operate. During this time, over 100 international volunteers came forward offering to promote and help run EarthArXiv. A final decision was made to partner with COS and on October 23, 2017 - the first day of Open Access Week 2017 - EarthArXiv began accepting preprints[5]. ESIP continues to support EarthArXiv; however, the Earth Sciences Pre-Print Cluster was disbanded and governance transitioned to the newly formed EarthArXiv Advisory Council.
Advisory Council and Community Ambassadors
EarthArXiv’s "Advisory Council" is a fifteen person volunteer group that oversees the day-to-day operations. Council members serve a two-year term, after which an open election is held for new members.
| Years | Member |
|---|---|
| 2017-2019 | Sara Bosshart, International Water Association, UK |
| 2017-2019 | Alodie Bubeck, University of Leicester, UK |
| 2017-2019 | Allison Enright, Rutgers - Newark, USA |
| 2017-2019 | Jamie Farquharson, University of Miami, USA |
| 2017-2019 | Alfonso Fernandez, Universidad de Concepcion, Chile |
| 2017-2019 | Stéphanie Girardclos, University of Geneva, Switzerland |
| 2017-2019 | Friedrich Hawemann, ETH Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2017-2019 | Rebecca Williams, University of Hull, UK |
| 2017-2019 | Daniel Ibarra, Earth System Science, Stanford University, USA |
| 2017-2019 | Chris Jackson, Imperial College London, UK |
| 2017-2019 | Sabine Lengger, University of Plymouth, UK |
| 2017-2019 | Tom Narock, Notre Dame of Maryland University, USA |
| 2017-2019 | Andelo Pio Rossi, Jacobs University Bremen, Germany |
| 2017-2019 | Divyesh Varade, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India |
| 2017-2019 | Chris Waigl, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA |
"Community Ambassador" is a term used in the EarthArXiv community to describe anyone who actively discusses EarthArXiv and preprints in their community. Community Ambassadors take on a number of different roles from discussing EarthArXiv at conferences, to being a source of knowledge within an academic department or research institution. At last count, EarthArXiv had over 100 Community Ambassadors from 50 institutions spread over 13 countries. The Ambassadors span all the sub-domains of Earth science, and range from MSc and PhD students, to early career and senior faculty.
Technical Infrastructure
EarthArXiv is one of the 20 (as of July 2018) preprint systems supported by the Center for Open Science[6] and based on OSF. COS provides a shared technical infrastructure - storage space, DOI generation, etc. - while each preprint system has a dedicated interface tailored to their community. EarthArXiv’s submission site is hosted at: https://eartharxiv.org/
Governance
The individual preprint teams provide domain expertise, outreach, and governance of their respective systems. Decisions regarding policy and evolution of EarthArXiv are made by the Advisory Council, based on discussion, consensus and vote. In some cases, the Council gets advice from the wider Community Ambassadors. Open and transparent decision processes are the core of EarthArXiv's governance. The Advisory Council uses the Loomio platform to propose, discuss, and decide on matters of import for the EarthArXiv preprint service. Loomio is also an open arena for discussions and decisions to be made by the larger EarthArXiv community.
Diversity Statement
EarthArXiv recognizes that geoscience research is done by people of a diverse range of gender identities, sexual orientations, racial and cultural backgrounds, abilities, religions, ages, career stages and fields, and socioeconomic and immigration statuses. These intersectional identities impacts how research is conducted, data analyzed, and results shared. Through community engagement, EarthArXiv developed a public statement on diversity in an effort to represent and include the broadest possible spectrum of geoscientists[2]. It is intended that all Advisory Councils will subsequently include a range of intersectional identities. The current 15-person Advisory Council is comprised of representatives from 15 institutions and 7 countries. Although EarthArXiv may not always achieve all of these objectives, the EarthArXiv community will be as transparent as possible about their effectiveness within the confines of respecting the privacy of our Advisory Council members.
Logo and Resources
EarthArXiv is intended to be a community-led resource. The Earth science community has participated in all aspects of development from governance to logo design. The EarthArXiv logo was developed as part of an open crowdsourcing campaign[7] in which logo designs were submitted by members of the earth science community. Voting was also open to the earth science community and Andrew Cross' logo was selected as the official logo of EarthArXiv. This spirit of community engagement and sharing has continued with many resources (talks, posters, frequently asked questions) being shared on EarthArXiv’s companion website: https://eartharxiv.github.io/. Brandon Whitehead generously donated the eartharxiv.org domain for EarthArXiv.
Moderation Policy
EarthArXiv is not a scientific journal. However, it does have a moderation policy[1] that may result in papers being rejected. Authors are strongly encouraged to review this policy prior to submitting to EarthArXiv.
Disciplines
EarthArXiv publishes pre- and postprints from all subdomains of Earth science and related domains of planetary science.
- Astrophysics and Astronomy
- Biogeochemistry
- Cosmochemistry
- Earth science applications of data science
- Environmental Sciences
- Geobiology
- Geochemistry
- Geology
- Geomorphology
- Geophysics and Seismology
- Glaciology
- Hydrology
- Instrumentation, Analytical Techniques, and Method Development
- Mineral Physics
- Oceanography, Atmospheric Sciences, and Meteorology
- Paleobiology
- Paleontology
- Sedimentology
- Soil Science
- Speleology
- Stratigraphy
- Tectonics
- Volcanology
References
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