AAAS AMA: Hi, we’re Drs. Philippa Benson, Kip Hodges, and Warren Warren,
the managing editor and deputy editors of Science Advances. Ask Us
Anything!
Abstract
Hi Reddit! We’re the editors for Science Advances, an open access
journal that accepts longer research articles (up to 6,000 words). Since
our launch in February of 2015, we’ve published more than 1,500 papers
and have a number of articles with tens (and even hundreds) of thousands
of downloads, and hundreds of citations. As we mature as a publication,
we continue our interest in areas of great scientific breakthroughs and
innovation on both broad and disciplinary-specific levels. The journal
is broadly organized in the areas of life and biological sciences, earth
and environmental sciences, and physical and materials sciences. This
month our publications range from water on the moon to the diverse
interests of people who participated in the Women’s March to the
internal GPS of seabirds. Feel free to ask us about what makes for a
good research article, what topics we’re interested in, what questions
we find most intriguing, and anything about open access. We’re also
happy to chat about what makes us different and unique as an open access
journal of AAAS, and what the editorial process here is like. We have
editors Kip and Warren here to answer your questions as well as the
managing editor Philippa Benson. What do you want to know about
publishing and open access? We’ll be back at 2 pm ET to answer your
questions, Ask us anything!