About Us

Chair

Council members

Other members

Staff

Mr Edmund Nickless (Executive Secretary)
Mr Neal Marriott (Director of Publishing, Library and Information Services)
Mr Michael Kyriakides (Head of Finance)
Ms Angharad Hills (Commissioning Editor)
Ms Sarah Gibbs (Senior Production Editor)

Aims

• to publish high-quality Earth Science literature with a rapid time to publication and to disseminate the resulting literature to an international audience
• to publish at an affordable cost to the Earth Science community, but at minimal financial risk to the Society
• to publish literature for both scientific and commercial reasons
• to publish at least 24 book titles per annum, as a means of regulating the Society’s income
• to develop the Society's publications portfolio (traditional, digital and on-line) to meet the changing needs and requests of the Earth science community
• to review and stay abreast of new developments and technologies in publishing and to implement such technologies as appropriate
• to oversee the financial performance of the Publishing House and to develop and approve the annual Publishing House budget
• to maintain and develop the Society’s online bookshop
• to oversee the copyright and commercial aspects of the Society’s web-site

Terms of Reference

• the establishment and maintenance of journal editorial boards
• the establishment and maintenance of a books editorial team
• the establishment and maintenance of quality control on all aspects of publishing
• liaison with other Earth Science organisations to develop both reciprocal and one-way sales distribution agreements
• liaison with other Earth science organisations to develop co-operative publishing ventures

Structure

The Publications Management Committee will be chaired by the Honorary Secretary (Publications). The Committee will comprise Council members with either publishing experience (traditional or electronic) or financial experience, plus other co-opted members with a similar background. External publishing consultants may also be appointed and their time charged (as agreed) to the Society. Council members who have valid scientific or editorial experience, but no direct publishing experience, may join the Publications Committee. Council approves membership annually.

The Executive Secretary and the Chief Accountant will attend meetings of the Board. The secretariat will be provided by the Publications Manager.

Method of working

There will be at least three meetings of the Committee per year, normally in preparation for a forthcoming Council meeting. The meetings will take place either at Burlington House or at the Publishing House. The Committee will establish sub-Committees and editorial boards as required. Committees and editorial boards are:

Books Editorial Committee

The BEC is chaired by a member of the Publications Information Committee and compises a group of editors and advisors whose experience covers a broad range of Earth science topics. It expedites publishing decisions and ensures that high scientific quality of Society book titles is maintained at all times. The BEC meets as required, but at least once each year in conjunction with one of the Publications and Information Committee meetings. Between meetings the Committee conducts normal business by email.

Journal of the Geological Society

The JGS Board is chaired by the Chief Editor who, in turn, appoints an Editorial Board. The Chief Editor is appointed by the Society. The Board is concerned primarily with quality control and the refereeing of submitted articles. The Board meets as required, but with at least one in-person meeting per year. The Chief Editor is a member of the Publications Information Committee. Day to day running of the journal is the responsibility of the Chief Editor, assisted by the relevant Production Editor.

Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology

The QJEGH Board is chaired by the Chief Editor who, in turn, appoints an Editorial Board. The Chief Editor is appointed by the Society. The Board is concerned primarily with quality control and the refereeing of submitted articles. The Board meets as required, but with at least one in-person meeting per year. The Chief Editor is a member of the Publications Information Committee. Day to day running of the journal is the responsibility of the Chief Editor, assisted by the relevant Production Editor.

Other committees

The Society is also represented on the following committees:

Petroleum Geoscience Management Committee

This Committee is made up of representatives from the Geological Society and the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers. The Committee will be concerned with policy, strategy, finance and marketing. The Committee will meet at least once a year, either at the EAGE's annual meeting or another appropriate venue. The Geological Society's representatives will normally be the Publications Secretary, the Executive Secretary and the Treasurer. The Publications Manager will attend as a representative of the publisher but not as a member of the Society’s management team.

Geology Today Management Committee

This Committee is made up of representatives from the Geological Society , the Geologists' Association and Blackwell Science. The Committee will be concerned with policy, strategy, finance and marketing. The Committee will meet at least twice a year at Blackwell Science (Oxford or London). The Geological Society's representatives will normally be the Publications Secretary, the Publications Manager and a member, or former member, of the Publications Committee. The Society will also nominate a remunerated editor as a member the editorial board.

Terra Nova Management Committee

This Committee is made up of representatives from European geological societies (currently eighteen) . The committee normally meets biennially at the EUG meeting in Strasbourg, or in between such meetings as appropriate. The Geological Society's representative will normally be the Publications Secretary, or a member of the Publications Board or Committee attending the EUG conference.