Workshop for Journal Authors & Referees at the IAU GA in Honolulu
Julie Steffen American Astronomical Society (AAS)
If you're going to Honolulu, Hawaii, for the XXIX General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), here's an opportunity that you won't want to miss: The editors, publishers, and staff of some of the leading journals in the astronomical sciences are offering a workshop for current and prospective authors and referees. It will be offered twice: on Wednesday, 5 August, and Monday, 10 August, from 10 to 3 in Room 323B of the Hawaii Convention Center.
Hosting the workshop are the AAS and Institute of Physics Publishing, partners in publication of the Astronomical Journal and the Astrophysical Journal, ApJ Letters, and ApJ Supplements; Oxford University Press, publisher of Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (the latter in partnership with the Royal Astronomical Society in the United Kingdom); and EDP Sciences, publisher of Astronomy & Astrophysics.
Here's the agenda for both workshops:
| 10:00 – 10:15 | Registration and welcome |
| 10:15 – 11:30 | Writing a good paper for submission to a journal |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Representing data |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 – 14:15 | The peer review process |
| 14:15 – 15:00 | Editor panel Q&A |
| 15:00 | Wrap-up and certificates |
There is no cost to attend either workshop, but we'd appreciate your RSVP so that we'll know who's coming. Please use our sign-up form; you must be registered to attend the IAU General Assembly to participate in the workshop.