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Waiting for an Annotum update

Posted by theoaseditor in Info on June 25, 2014

As members know, The Journal of the OAS is based on the Annotum publishing platform. Due to some changes in the base structure of WordPress code, some features of Annotum V1.1 became outdated and lost some functions. The official launch of the OAS is on hold pending a resolution to this problem, expected 30-90 days from now.

This message from Annotum Support

Here’s a very quick update on the progress toward fixes for Annotum 2.0 and WP 3.9+ compatibility. We are making solid progress, as you can see from the growing lists of closed issues and commits, but the downloadable version of Annotum 2.0 is still a couple of weeks away at best, and the update for the WordPress.org theme repository will follow sometime after that.

The current workaround is to downgrade WordPress to 3.8 or lower, but we realize this may not be a viable option for everyone. Thanks very much for your continued understanding and patience.

The OAS will keep track of the issue and advise when Annotum becomes updated and fully functional.

Welcome to “The OAS”

Posted by theoaseditor in Info on June 12, 2014

We give you a voice where other societies may not.

The OAS is a membership society for the purpose of studying, discussing, and publishing about topics in atmospheric related earth sciences, including but not limited to meteorology, hydrology, oceanography, and climatology. It is open to anyone with an interest at the associate level, but student and full memberships also are offered.

Our motto: verum in luce means “truth in the light”.
Open science— a transparent online peer review process. Publishing peer reviewer comments (not names), will illuminate the process.
Open membership— Associate members, anyone who has an interest in atmospheric science, can join at a basic rate, providing interdisciplinary membership. Professional full members, will require a degree in atmospheric sciences or related earth disciplines, or three published papers in these subjects. Student members get a reduced rate, similar to associate members with option to full member elevation.
Open journal— The Journal of the OAS will be free to read by the public.
Author account—each author and co-author will have accounts for collaboration, submitting papers , making edits, and responding to reviewers.
No other journal asks this upfront: strict OAS Journal submission requirements—technical submissions to the Journal by members must include all source data, software/code, procedures, and documentation to ensure reproducibility of the paper’s experiment or analysis by external reviewers.
Emphasis on reasonable publication turnaround, generally three months or less.
Press releases will be sent with each publication, author assistance is offered in preparation.
Video production assistance for authors to explain papers and post to the journal page with your paper.
Organizational activity will be conducted entirely online – This means no costly brick and mortar infrastructure, no costly postal mailings journals, and no need for warehousing paper files and publications.
Online meetings conducted via Skype for organizational purposes.
Nomination/Voting for officers and other issues conducted online.
Monthly email newsletters and special online webcasts.