Publications Committee Report to TAC

Wayne Hurwitz, TAC Liaison to Publications & Member Ethics Committee2015 SciTech, 8 January 2015

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Key Publications Committee Activities*

• New Editor-in-chief appointments• Three new books published

AIAA Education Series: Designing Unmanned Aircraft Systems: A Comprehensive Approach, Second Edition, by J. Gundlach

AIAA Progress Series: Turbine Aerodynamics, Heat Transfer, Materials and Mechanics, by T. Shih and V. Yang,

Computational Intelligence in Aerospace Sciences, by M. Vasile and V. Becerra

• Book authors recognized here at SciTech Authors and editors celebrated at a reception on Tuesday, 6 January at 4:00 p.m. in St.

George room 106• Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics (JGCD) going monthly from bi-monthly• Chinese translations continue with China Aviation Publishing Media Group (CAPM)

4 new titles

• CrossMark and CrossCheck nearing final implementation

*Reference January 2015 Publications News Letter & Institute Activity Report

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Key Publications Committee Activities (cont.)

• Content strategy workshop conducted in July 2014 The outcome of the workshop identified several projects that could be implemented quickly

to help AIAA Publications achieve revenue and impact growth

• Short Term Projects Staff Discoverability improvements—Optimizing AIAA content to ensure it gets found on-

line and read AIAA mobile content—Developing a mobile product/app to increase market

penetration Website navigation review—Restructuring key information on the website Journal pricing review—Identifying optimal pricing strategy Strategic content identification and evaluation tool—Developing methods to identify

potentially profitable content areas for strategic development or acquisition

• Open Access update for 2014 AIAA continues to monitor calls for public access of federally funded research.

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New Editor-in-Chief appointments

• Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets Robert Braun from Georgia Tech replacing Vince Zoby

• Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Greg Naterer, Memorial University, Canada replacing Al Crosbie

• AIAA Journal search for a new editor-in-chief concluding replacement for Peretz Friedmann is likely to be named in

January

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