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Thank you for considering publishing a special issue with Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (AMT). AMT offers an efficient way of publishing special issues that gather thematically linked sets of papers. The individual manuscripts are peer-reviewed and published as soon as they are available in regular issues. They are then labelled as part of the special issue and linked electronically.
The specific advantages of publishing a special issue with AMT are the following:
A special issue can comprise publications in any number of Copernicus’ open-access journals, of which one should be nominated as the lead journal for administrative purposes. The handling of individual manuscripts follows the standard procedures for special issues in the journal to which the manuscript is submitted. Afterwards, all published papers are co-listed on a joint special issue web page (in addition to the regular chronological volume of each journal).
If you intend to propose an inter-journal special issue, please first send your proposal to the executive editors of the lead journal. If your proposal is accepted, please also contact the executive editors of the constituent journals to find out if they want to participate in the inter-journal special issue. Only after all journals have agreed, should all information (see above) on the inter-journal special issue be sent to the Copernicus Publications Editorial Support.
The special issue (SI) and all manuscripts to be published in it must be within the journal scope and comply with the manuscript types and with the same quality standards as regular submissions to AMT. The special issue should focus on a clear common scientific theme of the measurements or a specific mission. It must include contributions from more than one institution. To ensure the high quality standards of AMT, a special issue will permanently appear as an AMT special issue only if a considerable number of papers were accepted for final publication in AMT. Otherwise the accepted papers will appear as individual papers. Special issues usually have 2–4 SI editors, amongst whom at least one should be a member of the AMT editorial board. The SI editors decide on whether the special issue will include only invited papers or whether it is open for all submissions within the scope of the special issue.
Our guidelines are aimed at helping you with the process of submitting a proposal so that you might better understand your responsibilities as a special issue editor. We encourage contact with one of the executive editors (see editorial board) to informally discuss a possible proposal or in case of questions not answered by these guidelines. Please note that we
To propose a special issue, please submit a short (one- to three-page) outline to one of the executive editors (see editorial board) including the following information:
The proposal will be reviewed by the executive editors, who will render a decision based on the expected contribution of the special issue and its appropriateness for Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. Accepted special issues will be assigned an executive editor or associate editor of Atmospheric Measurement Techniques as a corresponding editor. Special issues are in principle open for all submissions within their scope.
The editors of the special issue will assume the following responsibilities: