Introduction

The Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems (JAMES) is committed to advancing the science of Earth systems modeling by offering high quality scientific research through online availability and open access licensing. JAMES invites authors and readers from the international Earth systems modeling community.

  • Open access. Articles are available free of charge for everyone with internet access to view and download.
  • Formal peer review.
  • Supplemental material, such as code samples, images, visualizations, is published at no additional charge.
  • No additional charge for color figures.
  • Creative Commons Attribution licensing.
  • Modest page charges to cover production costs.
  • Articles published in high quality full text PDF, HTML, and XML.
  • Internal and external reference linking, DOI registration, and forward linking via CrossRef.
 

Focus and Scope

JAMES publishes research related to a wide range of problems in climate science, including atmospheric and oceanic circulations on multiple scales, radiation, cloud physics, boundary layer and land surface processes, the biosphere and cryosphere, biogeochemical cycles, and the development of numerical methods, model parameterizations, and data assimilation methods for Earth systems modeling.

JAMES promotes interdisciplinary research, disseminates information to the global community, and informs the general public and decision makers of the science behind climate and Earth systems modeling.

 

Section Policies

Review

Scientific reviews of the present state of selected aspects of climate research.  Review articles are often invited by the journal's Editors, however, authors can submit unsolicited review articles.

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Research

Research articles on topics in Earth systems modeling and climate science.  Research articles are typically from 10 - 20 journal pages in length, however, there is no page limit.  Topics include: atmospheric and oceanic circulations on multiple scales, radiation, cloud physics, boundary layer and land surface processes, the biosphere and cryosphere, biogeochemical cycles, and the development of numerical methods, model parameterizations, and data assimilation methods for Earth systems modeling.

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Short Topics

Shorter research contributions on new advances in Earth systems modeling and climate science.  Authors are asked to limit manuscripts submitted to the Short Topics Section to four or less journal pages.

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Special Section

To Be Determined

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Peer Review Process

JAMES maintains high standards of formal peer review. It is our goal that the submission, review and publishing process take advantage of the efficiency and faster turnaround of electronic journals, while maintaining the high standards of excellence of traditional, formal, scientific journals. As with all formal scientific journals, peer review is necessary and required in order to optimize overall quality and scientific robustness of the final published draft of accepted papers. JAMES is committed to high scientific standards, treating publication as a collaborative process between Author, Reviewers and Editors. Here "Author" refers to the corresponding Author who is responsible for handling submission and revision of a manuscript, and who may or may not be lead Author.

Manuscript flow

Manuscripts are submitted to the Editor for initial screening. Papers that meet the criteria of the journal are assigned to an Associate Editor. The Associate Editor oversees the formal peer review process. If the manuscript is accepted following formal peer review it is then passed on to the production office for typesetting and in some cases additional copyediting. The production office provides page proofs to the Author. When in its final form, the peer-reviewed article is published to JAMES.

Initial screening

Submitted manuscripts are first screened by the Editor’s office for completeness and to determine if the manuscript meets the general criteria for the journal.

Editor assignment

Based on the subject matter of the article, the Editor assigns the article to an Associate Editor who is in charge of overseeing the peer review process.

Formal peer review

The formal peer review process is managed through the online manuscript tracking system on the JAMES web site. The Editor, Associate Editor, Reviewer, and Author can log on to the site, select their respective role, and view the status of the submission throughout the formal peer review process.

To initiate formal peer review, the Associate Editor will solicit three Reviewers to participate in the review process. Using the online system, the Associate Editor can assign Reviewers to the article, and send a review request email to each potential Reviewer.

The Reviewers indicate whether they will undertake the review or not by clicking on a link in the review request email to our manuscript tracking system and following the instructions provided. Once the Reviewer has completed their review, they can enter their review via the journal's web site. When submitting the review, the Reviewer can specify comments intended for the Author and Editor and Associate Editor, and for the Editor and Associate Editor only. The Reviewer can enter their review using an online form provided on their review page, or by uploading their review as a separate file. After the review has been entered, the Reviewer should enter their recommendation for the article.

Authors can view the status of their article through the editorial process by logging on to the manuscript tracking system on the JAMES web site. Using this system, the Author can respond to the Reviewer's comments, and upload revised manuscripts as necessary.

General obligations

Please click here for general obligations for Editors, Authors, and Reviewers.

Publication Frequency

JAMES publishes articles as they become available following formal peer review and professional typesetting and proofreading with the Author.  Articles are allocated to annual volumes and assigned sequential article numbers.

 

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content because making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

 


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