Annals of Geophysics (ISSN: 1593-5213; from 2010,  2037-416X) is a bimonthly international journal, which publishes scientific papers in the field of geophysics sensu lato. It derives from Annali di Geofisica (ISSN: 0365-2556), which commenced publication in January 1948 as a quarterly periodical devoted to general geophysics, seismology, Earth magnetism, and atmospheric studies...

Bianco, F.

Caprara, F.

Chiodetti, A. G.

De Michelis, P.

Del Pezzo, E.

Florindo, F.

Gresta, S.

Masina, S.

Muscari, G.

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ANNALS OF GEOPHYSICS, 57, 1, 2014, E0191; doi:10.4401/ag-6532
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ANNALS OF GEOPHYSICS: AD MAJORA
Fabio Florindo1, Francesca Bianco2, Paola De Michelis1, Simona Masina3,4, Giovanni Muscari1,
Francesco Caprara3, Anna Grazia Chiodetti3, Edoardo Del Pezzo2, Stefano Gresta1,5
1 Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Via di Vigna Murata 605, 00143, Rome, Italy
2 Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione “Osservatorio Vesuviano”, Via Diocleziano 328, 80124, Naples, Italy
3 Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Via Donato Creti 12, 40128, Bologna, Italy
4 Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici, 40128, Bologna, Italy
5 Università di Catania, Dipartimento Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, Corso Italia 57, 95129, Catania, Italy
Annals of  Geophysics (ISSN: 1593-5213; from 2010,
2037-416X) is a bimonthly international journal, which
publishes scientific papers in the field of  geophysics
sensu lato. It derives from Annali di Geofisica (ISSN:
0365-2556), which commenced publication in January
1948 as a quarterly periodical devoted to general geo-
physics, seismology, Earth magnetism, and atmospheric
studies (Figure 1). The journal was published regularly
for a quarter of  a century until 1982 when it merged
with the French journal Annales de Géophysique to be-
come Annales Geophysicae (ISSN: 0755-0685) under the
aegis of  the European Geophysical Society. In 1981, this
journal ceased publication of  the section on solid Earth
geophysics, ending the legacy of  Annali di Geofisica. In
1993, the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica (ING), founder
of  the journal, decided to resume publication of  its
own journal under the same name, Annali di Geofisica.
To ensure continuity, the first volume of  the new series
was assigned the volume number XXXVI (following the
last issue published in 1982). In 2002, with volume XLV,
the name of  the journal was translated into English to
become Annals of  Geophysics and in consequence the
journal impact factor counter was restarted. 
Starting in 2010, in order to improve its status and
better serve the science community, Annals of  Geo-
physics has instituted a number of  editorial changes in-
cluding full electronic open access, freely accessible
online, the possibility to comment on and discuss pa-
pers online, and a board of  editors representing Asia
and the Americas as well as Europe. To celebrate this
major change to the modern online format, the first
volume of  the new Annals of  Geophysics was pro-
duced as a historical volume in which we published a
set of  selected papers by eminent authors who, in dif-
ferent ways and in different contexts, have provided us
with important benchmarks in the development of
geophysics [e.g., Aki et al. 2010, Båth 2010, Gutenberg
and Richter 2010, Lehmann 2010]. All of  these papers
were published before 1977 in Annali di Geofisica, as
the journal was then called.
In March 2013, sixty-five years after the journal
foundation and three years after the relaunch of  Annals
of  Geophysics as an online open-access journal (we use
Open Journal Systems 2.4.1.0, which is open source
journal management and publishing software devel-
oped, supported, and freely distributed by the Public
Knowledge Project), which certainly contributed to its
international success, we proceeded with a partial re-
Editorial
Figure 1. First issue of  Annali di Geofisica, 1948.
organization of  the journal itself.
In addition to “Research Articles”, Annals of  Geo-
physics now publishes several other categories of  papers
including “Scientific News”, “Data and Experiment De-
scription”, “Review Articles”, “Letters”, and “Fast Track”
papers. Data and experiments descriptions is a kind of
paper in which data collected during important exper-
iments or field surveys (seismology during eruptions,
aftershocks of  main earthquakes having particular im-
pact and so on) are described and put in sharing with
the scientific community. The Journal itself  can act as
data repository. The latter two categories are among
the most recent addition and allow scientists to quickly
publish the preliminary results of  their findings. The
first issues including “Letters” and “Fast Track” papers
were volume 56, 2013, on Atmospheric Composition Val-
idation and Evolution - ACVE 2013 [e.g., Richter et al.
2013] and volume 55 (4) on The Emilia (northern Italy)
seismic sequence of  May-June, 2012: preliminary data and
results, which was entirely dedicated to this dramatic
seismic sequence [Anzidei et al. 2012] (Figure 2).
The journal is also active in providing assistance to
conveners of  important national and international
meetings and workshops, for the publication of  papers
therein presented, and will publish special volumes on
specific topics of  broad interest to the scientific com-
munity. Recent special issues include volume 55 (3),
2012, on Geoethics and geological culture. Reflections from
the Geoitalia Conference 2011 [Peppoloni and Di Capua
2012] with a collection of  papers presented during the
‘Geoethics’ scientific session at the 8th Italian Forum of
Earth Sciences that was held in September 2011 in
Turin, Italy, and volume 55 (6), 2012, entitled 5th Euro-
pean Repeat Station (MagNetE) Workshop Rome, Italy 2011
[De Michelis and Duma 2012] which contains a subset
of  the scientific results presented at the 2011 MagNetE
symposium. One of  the next goal will be to re-organize
the publication of  special volumes focused onto scien-
tific topics that are generally considered as top-argu-
ments in the fields of  geophysics and volcanology.
As part of  the journal’s reorganization we have ap-
pointed four section editors covering four main re-
search areas (1. seismology, volcanology, geodesy and
geochemistry; 2. geomagnetism, paleomagnetism and
solar terrestrial physics; 3. atmospheric physics and
chemistry; 4. physical oceanography and climatology),
22 new associate editors, and a new editor-in-chief. Like
all peer-reviewed journals, Annals of  Geophysics has a
board of  associate editors comprising leading national
and international experts on the various section topics
of  the journal. The associate editors provide the sec-
tion editors and the editor-in-chief  with advice on
choosing referees, assist in reviewing papers them-
selves, undertake book reviews, and may contribute ed-
itorials to the journal. The section editors need to
ensure both that they have the right balance of  expert-
ise available to them for the papers that the journal is
receiving, and that the role of  associate editor is spread
across the community. 
Since 2002 the number of  citations has been steadily
increasing (Figure 3) and in 2012 the impact factor in-
creased to 1.138, placing Annals of  Geophysics in a re-
spectable position among the Geochemistry and Geo-
physics subject category of  ISI Web of  Science.
None of  this progress would have been possible
without the commitment of  authors, reviewers, and
previous editors, and we are grateful for all of  the ef-
fort they have expended on the journal. For further in-
formation about the journal’s scope, submission
formats, and review and production procedures, please
see http://www.annalsofgeophysics.eu.
We look forward to handling your paper.
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Figure 3. Number of  citations per year (source: Web of  Science).
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