Volume 2022 - 3
NAL-LIVE Test
NAL-live: The Leopoldina’s new scientific journal
The Leopoldina’s scientific journals, NAL-conference and NAL-historica, are now completed by “NAL-live”. In this new publishing format, the intention is to comment on, discuss, and update articles on a continuous basis, thus creating so-called living documents.
NAL-live makes its articles freely accessible online in Diamond Open Access, with all publications written in English. The Leopoldina does not charge any fees, neither to authors nor to readers or libraries. Authors submit scientific articles with a focus on interdisciplinary topics that have a high degree of social relevance. The articles undergo a peer review process and are published under Creative Commons licenses. Both the authors and other scientists can refine and develop them. The documents thus represent open scientific discussions. In undergoing constant updating, the texts will also offer a source of fundamental information on the respective issues for those working in politics and the media.
Diethard Tautz has taken up the office of Director Ephemeridum, as the Academy’s Chief Editor of Nova Acta and Acta Historica Leopoldina is traditionally known. Working alongside him on NAL live are editors from all four of the Leopoldina’s classes. Prof. Dr. Gerd Leuchs ML (Class I: Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Engineering), Prof. Dr. Alfred Wittinghofer ML (Class II: Life Sciences), Prof. Dr. Ulf Eysel ML (Class III: Medicine) and Prof. Dr. Christine Windbichler ML (Class IV: Humanities, Social and Behavioural Sciences).
NAL-live is guided by an Editorial Board with Diethard Tautz, “Director Ephemeridum“ of the Leopoldina, as Chief Editor. Co-Editors represent the four Leopoldina classes, Section Editors each of the Academy's 27 Sections.
Chief Editor
Prof. Dr. Diethard Tautz ML*
redaktion@leopoldina.org
Co-Editors
Prof. Dr. Gerd Leuchs ML (Class I: Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Engineering)
Prof. Dr. Alfred Wittinghofer ML (Class II: Life Sciences)
Prof. Dr. Ulf Eysel ML (Class III: Medicine)
Prof. Dr. Christine Windbichler ML (Class IV: Humanities, Social and Behavioural Sciences)
A current list of Section Editors is available from the Editorial Office.
*ML = Member of the Leopoldina
NAL-live builds on Nova Acta Leopoldina, which has the tradition of being the oldest uninterrupted scientific publication in the world, with its roots going back to 1670. The journal is now being added to by a peer-reviewed open access journal published in English. It publishes review type articles under a “living document” model that allows for continuous updates in response to comments or progress in research fields. Similar to software releases, there will be version cycles, representing either smaller updates, i.e. version 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 etc., or major revisions of full versions, i.e. version 2.0, 3.0 etc. Each full version, as well as scientific comments provided by others, will be citable.
Prof. Dr. Diethard Tautz
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology
Department of Evolutionary Genetics
August-Thienemann-Str. 2
24306 Plön
Tel. 04522 763 390
Fax 04522 763 281
E-Mail tautz@evolbio.mpg.de