Increasing international impact of journals hosted by Chinese institutes has always been a focus of national S&T development. Upon the invitation of Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS), Advances in Atmospheric Sciences (AAS, current ISI Impact Factor 1.459), and Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters (AOSL), two international journals hosted by the Institute of Atmospheric Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, attended 2014 AOGS Annual Conference held in Sapporo, Japan on 28 July -1 August, 2014. AOGS was established in 2003 to promote geosciences and its application for the benefit of humanity, specifically in Asia and Oceania and with an overarching approach to global issues. AOGS holds annual conventions providing a unique opportunity of exchanging scientific knowledge and discussion to address important geo-scientific issues among academia, research institution and public.

Recognizing the science strength of AOGS, many publishers and journals, including Springer, EGU, JpGU, Earth, Planets and Space, and Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, also attended the AOGS exhibit.  It was therefore an opportunity not only to promote the journal but also to learn from the peer publishers. Taking advantage of having editors being convenors and speakers at the AOGS2014, AAS and AOSL editors took every chance to recommend journals to the participants of the conference and invite papers. It’s their hope that with the efforts of the editorial offices, papers of high quality from different countries and regions can be submitted to the journals and the journals’ international profile and visibility can be further raised. 

Joint Booth of AAS and AOSL 

Discussion with Japanese colleagues 

Recommending journals to participants