Die Zeitschrift Hercynia im digitalen Informationszeitalter

Abstract

Özüyaman, S., Bliss, P., Partzsch, M.: The journal Hercynia in the digital Information Age. - HercyniaN. F. 45 (2012): 1 – 7.In the year 2012 important modifications in presentation and outline of the traditional science journal ‘Hercynia’will take place. It will change from a peer-reviewed print journal to a peer-reviewed E-only journal(Open Access, OA), and the content will be focused on ‘Ecology and Environment in Central Europe’ (minortitle). Like some other scientific publications which are managed by the Universitäts- und LandesbibliothekSachsen-Anhalt, the E-journal will be integrated into the platform ‘Open Journal Systems’ (OJS) ofthe PKP Knowledge Project. OJS is a widespread Open-Source Software (OSS) which is actually used bymore than 6600 scientific E-journals. This article describes the special mode of the ‘golden’ route OA publishingapparatus. Using this route (and publishing in the new ‘E-Hercynia’) will have certain advantages,e.g. barrier-free access to the articles and better reception of them, good traceability by search engines,higher citation rates, and no additional costs for the authors (no OA publishing fee).Key words: Hercynia, online publishing, Open Access, peer-reviewed E-journal, Open Journal Systems,Ecology, Environmental Sciences, Earth Sciences