Geodynamica: Earth & Planets slinging Earth and (exo)planets’ structure and dynamics into Diamond Open Access

Over the past few years, different fields of Earth Sciences have witnessed the inception of several community-led diamond open access journals (e.g., Volcanica, Tektonika, Seismica). The aim is to remove the paywall barriers by publishing peer-reviewed articles at no cost to both authors and readers, thus offering a platform for true open science. Alternatives to classical for-profit scientific journals do exist: it is time to bring research on the dynamics of Earth and (exo)planets’ interior to the diamond open access arena. 

Therefore, we are pleased to announce the birth of a new diamond open access journal initiative called Geodynamica: Earth & Planets, with a target launch date in autumn 2024. Coordinated by a core committee of six scientists, the community-led Geodynamica: Earth & Planets journal aims at promoting academic discourse and disseminating research pertaining to the quantitative study of Earth and (exo-)planetary internal structure, dynamics, and evolution from observational to modeling perspectives. In this contribution, we will provide the vision behind this initiative, report on the structure of this journal, its scope, and the remarkable community effort that will make this new diamond open access journal a reality.