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Publications ContactsSubmission & Review
AGU's Geophysical Electronic Manuscript Submission (GEMS) system allows authors to submit manuscripts online to be edited, reviewed, and published in electronic formats.
AGU editors welcome contributions from authors throughout the world. The decision to accept a contribution for publication is made by the journal editor solely on the basis of suitability of subject matter to the focus of the journal, originality of the contribution, and scientific merit. The editor has complete responsibility and authority to accept a submitted article for publication or to reject it.
Submitting to GEMS? Here's how peer review works.
- Author submits manuscript.
- Editor's Assistant performs quality checks to ensure author's manuscript meets journal submission requirements.
- Potential Reviewers are assigned and contacted.
- Reviewers review manuscript. See the Eos feature article on writing a solid peer review.
- Editor makes decision to accept, request revisions, or reject.
- If decision is a revision, Author revises manuscript and submits revision.
- Editor makes new decision.
- Author contacted with decision.
- Steps 6–8 repeated as necessary until Editor makes final decision.
- When paper is accepted, manuscript enters production system.