For researchers
Are you planning to submit or have you just submitted a research paper to an AGU journal? Do you think your results might be newsworthy? If so, please fill out our publicity form to tell AGU’s press office why your paper might be of interest to the press and public. Please use this form to also let us know if your institution is already planning publicity for your paper. The AGU press office will then contact you if we are interested in publicizing your work. If you’re unsure about what’s newsworthy, check out our handy newsworthiness criteria guide. For any questions, email [email protected].
For public information officers
The AGU press office routinely works with press officers of universities, research institutions, and government agencies to publicize new research published in AGU journals. If you are planning a press release, online story or other publicity, we can help to amplify your work by co-issuing a release, including it in our newsletter, and/or promoting it on social media.
If your institution is planning publicity for a paper in an AGU journal and you would like to jointly publicize this work with AGU, please tell us about it by filling out our publicity form. This form will allow you to tell us where the paper is in the publishing process and give us details on how and when you plan to publicize it. The AGU press office may then contact you for more information.
Working with AGU can help boost your message and allow your scientists’ work to reach a broader audience. We can also coordinate online posting of the paper to give you ample time to prepare publicity. Please see the following section for important information about AGU’s publicity policies.
Please note that if you would like AGU to jointly publicize a paper as a press release, we will need your preferred release date, and a draft of your press release or news story, at least 48 hours in advance of publication. For any questions, email [email protected].
Important information
Journal paper publication: All AGU journals are online only; no physical issues are printed. Once the manuscript is online, anyone can see it and write about it, including reporters. The AGU press office routinely issues press releases about papers in this stage. We send out embargoed press releases infrequently.
If a paper has been accepted but not yet posted online, the AGU press office can help PIOs and authors coordinate with the publishing team at Wiley to schedule the online posting of the manuscript and your publicity (press release, news story, etc.). Use our publicity form to indicate whether you would like us to coordinate online posting of the paper.
Publicizing journal papers: AGU allows embargoed press releases before research papers are published online. The AGU press office also encourages issuance and posting of non-embargoed press releases, including on sites like Eurkealert, once the paper has been posted online and is widely available.
Preprints: The AGU press office will not usually do publicity for a paper in an AGU journal if it has already received media attention in preprint form. We encourage authors and press officers to coordinate publicity for the final, peer-reviewed manuscript.