All AGU publications to become open-access after an initial 24-month paywall period starting May 1, 2014.

Press release: http://news.agu.org/press-release/valuable...-to-the-public/


http://publications.agu.org/journals/

This includes:
Earth and Space Science
Earth's Future − {already Open Access}
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
Geophysical Research Letters
Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems (JAMES) − {already Open Access}
Journal of Geophysical Research*
Atmospheres
Biogeosciences
Earth Surface
Oceans
Planets
Solid Earth
Space Physics
Paleoceanography
Radio Science
Reviews of Geophysics
Space Weather
Tectonics
Water Resources Research
Chinese Journal of Geophysics
Earth Interactions (Published in partnership with the American Meteorological Society)
International Journal of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (no longer published)
Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

great! there are a lot of JGR papers that I always wanted to read!

My productivity is about to plummet. (Not that I'm complaining, mind you.)

That's really great news! Thank you for info!

I agree it's a big step forward and I hope it sets a precedent that will be widely followed. Even if other publishers do follow suit, though, that's not the end of the road. Science is best served by immediate open access to information. Ideally any member of the public should be able to read a paper as soon as its peer reviewed and be able to send relevant information or a useful query to the authors.

Thanks, Mike. That is good news.

--Bill

Wow, this is awesome news. I have a really long list of JGR and GRL papers I'd like to read (or ar least take a quick look at). Thanks for posting this.