The Journal

Scope

Open Plasma Science (OPS) is a peer-reviewed journal launched in 2024 publishing articles in English. OPS reports on original theoretical, experimental, numerical and applied research concerning plasma science in the broadest sense. Topics of interest include, but are not limited, to

  • Plasma surface interaction, sheaths, sputtering and surface emission

    • Turbulence, instabilities and transport

    • Collisionless plasmas

    • Laser-plasma interaction, inertially confined plasma, relativistic plasma

    • Magnetically confined plasma

    • Plasma propulsion, plasma sources

    • Electrical discharges, dusty plasma, plasma diagnostics, plasma and processes

    • Plasma-liquid Interactions

    • High pressure plasma

    • Modeling and numerical simulations

    • Scientific instruments related to plasma science

    Philosophy

    There is no cost whatsoever to both readers and authors. We are committed to fully respecting the principles of open science without jeopardizing the finances of authors and the institutions that employ them.

    We are committed to high standards of publication. Our international editorial board ensures that all submitted papers receive high quality feedback, chooses carefully the reviewers and allows them sufficient time to produce their report.

    Authors retain full copyright of their works, which are published under a standard open access license (CC BY).

    Open Science

    Open access

    When an article is submitted on an Open Archive, one of the Creative Commons (CC) licenses has to be selected unless otherwise required by employers or funding agencies. Many science funders specifically require the CC BY license. There will be no copyright transfer to the journal: authors retain the copyright and merely grant the journal the right to publish the article through the CC Open Access license.

    Supplementary material

    Although not a requirement for publication, the journal recommends that any research software source code and data sets associated with the submitted manuscript be made publicly available. This can be done, and a citable DOI identifier obtained, through repositories such as

    Long term archiving, as well as reproducibility of the results provided in a research article, are equally important. Accordingly, any link to a personal professional webpage is not recommended since durability is in general not guaranteed. Both repositories cited above assign a permanent identifier to all their deposits, which can then be cited in articles submitted to the journal. All other institutional repositories offering long-term archiving facilities are also acceptable. Authors are invited to read a detailed article on the good practices for Software and Data citations.

    FAIR guiding principles

    Good data and software management is key to ensuring dissemination of knowledge and innovation. Possible reuse by the scientific community after publication is made possible through the four foundational FAIR principles, namely: Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reusability. Contributors should be aware of these principles when submitting a paper to OPS.

    Publishing policies

    Editorial definition

    • Title: Open Plasma Science (OPS)
    • Year of creation: 2024
    • Periodicity: Ongoing
    • Publisher: Université de Lorraine
    • Director of publication: Hélène Boulanger
    • eISSN: 3076-1468

    Copyright and distribution policy

    • Diamond Open Access
    • Creative Commons - Attribution - CC BY 4.0

    Publication fee policy

    • Publication fee: no
    • Submission fee: no

    Review policy

    • Review procedure: single blind peer review

    Self-archiving policy

    Published version

    • Rights holder: Author
    • License: CC BY
    • Authorised locations:
      • Open access on the journal’s website
      • Any website
    • Conditions: The original publication in the journal must be cited.

    Accepted or submitted version

    • Rights holder: Author
    • Licence: CC BY
    • Permitted locations: Any website
    • Conditions: The original publication in the journal must be cited.