Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Mar 2008
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Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 480, Issue 3, 2008, pp.E3-E16
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Aims: We conducted an extensive survey of Astronomy & Astrophysics authors in April 2007 with the objective of assessing the perception of the Journal in the community. We discuss the results of this poll and present some changes in the editing and publishing of A&A that have been adopted by the Editors and A&A Board of Directors as a consequence. Methods. The questions asked ranged from the degree to which authors are satisfied with the performance of the scientific Editors to attitudes concerning the trend towards online publishing of important sections of the journal. Other questions concerned structured abstracts and the role of language editing. Results. There were 1524 complete answers which we estimate to be roughly 20% of the community of A&A authors. In general the respondents were satisfied with the work of the Editors (82% satisfaction) and with the performance of the Editors in chief. About 80% of respondents believe that the peer-review process is either very useful or useful in improving the quality of articles, and only 1.4% find it useless. More than 90% are satisfied with the work of the language Editors. A more controversial theme is that of the structured abstract format which was introduced on a trial basis two years ago, where 59% favor the traditional unstructured format but a substantial minority (30%) prefers the new style. Concerning A&A online sections, 86% of our respondents are in favor of the policy of publishing two sections of the journal online, but paradoxically, 47% of the respondents think that there should be no additional online sections, while 31% would welcome a fully electronic Journal.
Bertout Claude
Walmsley Malcolm
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