Open Call for Topic Editors for the IODP³ Proceedings journal now OPEN

The Proceedings of the International Ocean Drilling Programme is an open-access multidisciplinary journal dedicated to publishing the scientific outcomes of IODP³ offshore and SPARC expeditions.

We are currently seeking Topic Editors to join our Editorial Board – please contact us to join our team!

The scientific outcomes generated by each IODP³ offshore and SPARC expedition are made available to the community in the Proceedings of the International Ocean Drilling Programme, an open-access journal published by Copernicus Publications (https://www.proceedings-iodp3.net).

Each expedition has its own dedicated Proceedings volume containing the following content:

• Scientific Prospectuses outlining the background and scientific objectives of each expedition, providing key information to scientists considering applying to join the Expedition Science Team
• Expedition Summaries (equivalent to the Preliminary Reports from the International Ocean Discovery Program phase) presenting the key operational and scientific outcomes of an expedition
• Methods and Site Reports (for offshore expeditions) presenting the methodologies used during an expedition and the scientific results generated at each new site
• SPARC Results (for SPARC expeditions) presenting the scientific outcomes of analyses of legacy materials and associated data, organised by research discipline
• Data Reports publishing additional data and results from expedition analyses.

We are committed to ensuring that all elements of each Proceedings volume are thoroughly and externally peer-reviewed prior to publication.

To achieve this, we now need to recruit a team of Topic Editors to work with the Proceedings Chief Editors.

As a Topic Editor, you would oversee the editorial handling of components of our volumes related to expeditions that are broadly allied to your own research interests.  Your main role would be to assign manuscripts to reviewers and then manage the review process using the Copernicus Publications systems. Each volume will have two or more Topic Editors working together to cover the associated editorial duties. Topic Editors receive the full support of our Chief Editors (e.g., by helping to identify suitable reviewers).

So please contact Dr Myriam Kars (Chief Editor) in the IODP³ Science Office by emailing publications@iodp3.org if you are interested in joining our team and either:

• have been involved previously in scientific ocean drilling and want to keep contributing to its success moving forwards, or
• want to be become involved in scientific ocean drilling for the first time and have expertise in one or more of the themes of the 2050 Science Framework

Chief Editors:
Myriam Kars, Nobu Eguchi and Antony Morris
IODP³ Science Office