[ASA] 10 things you didn't know about PASA

[John O'Byrne]

Dear ASA membership,

My first role as Editor is to bust some myths about PASA. So here goes...

1. Over 2,284 institutions around the world are subscribed to PASA. This includes almost every major Astronomy department.
2. The average turnaround time for an article, from submission to receiving the first report, was 23 days in 2014.
3. PASA now returns a financial benefit to the ASA. Publishing in PASA directly benefits your society.
4. PASA publishes the `Dawes reviews', a series of marquee review papers on topics in Astronomy:
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-abs_connect?library&libname=Dawes&libid=544f74972e <http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-abs_connect?library&libname=Dawes&libid=544f74972e>
5. PASA articles come with innovative features, including publication in EPUB format as well as PDF, tracking of social media metrics on top of traditional citation counts, and the ability to comment on published articles.
6. There are no page charges for publication in PASA, and articles can be made open access at the discretion of the Editorial Board.
7. All PASA articles become open access after a two year proprietary period
8. PASA regularly commissions special issues of topical interest. We do not publish conference proceedings.
9. PASA publishes not only regular papers, but also reviews*, supplement-style papers describing software, or catalogues as well as educational articles 10. PASA is published by Cambridge University Press, one of the world's oldest and most prestigious publishers. ASA members receive a 20% discount on book purchases from CUP**
11. PASA has a strong international and gender-balanced Editorial Board (and just like a Marshall Amplifier, this list goes up to 11).

* Unsolicited reviews should be discussed with the Editorial Board beforehand
** ASA members who purchase a book from CUP need only announce they are ASA members. No codes to remember or matters that may expire. Rather that using the website, a simple email to enquiries at cambridge.edu.au <mailto:enquiries at cambridge.edu.au> or call to 03 8671 1400 will do the trick.

Finally, as PASA is *your* society journal, I'd very much like feedback from ASA members on good or bad experiences you've had with PASA, and in particular what would encourage you as a member to submit articles our way.

Yours faithfully,

Daniel Price
Editor-in-Chief, PASA
submit: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/astro <https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/astro>
web:     http://journals.cambridge.org/jid_PAS <http://journals.cambridge.org/jid_PAS>

Monash Centre for Astrophysics
School of Physics and Astronomy
Monash University, Vic
+61 3 9905 1760
http://users.monash.edu.au/~dprice <http://users.monash.edu.au/~dprice>
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