Copernicus Publications


Copernicus Publications is a publisher of scientific literature based in Göttingen, Germany. Founded in 1994, Copernicus Publications currently publishes 28 peer-reviewed open access scientific journals and other publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union.
Copernicus Publications is part of the open-access publishing movement. Initially, the CC BY-NC was used. In 2007, they switched to the CC BY attribution license. Copernicus Publications has been described as the largest open access publisher in the Geo- and Earth system sciences, and it is known as one of the first publishers to embrace public peer review.
In 2014, after less than a year of publication, Copernius terminated publication of the Pattern Recognition in Physics journal, following allegations of nepotistic reviewing and malpractice; see Pattern Recognition in Physics#History for details.

Publications and open access models

The table below lists the publications produced by Copernicus. Approach to open access varies by publication so this detail is also included.
PublicationFoundedOpen access model
Advances in Statistical Climatology, Meteorology and Oceanography
Aerosol ResearchDiamond
Annales Geophysicae1983Gold
Archives Animal Breeding
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics2001Gold
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques2008
Biogeosciences2004
Climate of the Past2005
E&G Quaternary Science Journal
Earth Surface Dynamics2013
Earth System Dynamics
Earth System Science Data
European Journal of Mineralogy
Geochronology
Geoscience Communication
Geographica Helvetica
Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems
Geoscientific Model Development2008
History of Geo- and Space Sciences2010
Hydrology and [Earth System Sciences]1997
Journal of Bone and Joint Infection
Journal of Environmentally Compatible Air Transport System
Journal of Micropalaeontology
Journal of Sensors and Sensor Systems
Magnetic Resonance
Mechanical Sciences
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics1994
Ocean Science2005
Primate Biology
Safety of Nuclear Waste Disposal
Scientific Drilling
SOIL
Solid Earth2010
The Cryosphere
Weather and Climate Dynamics
Web Ecology
Wind Energy Science