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"Editors’ Citation for Excellence in Refereeing" for three GFZ Scientists

04.06.2014: Each year, the American Geophysical Union (AGU) confers an award for "Excellence in Refereeing" for its published scientific journals. For the year 2013 this award was given to three GFZ scientists, Prof. Bruno Merz, Prof. Frederik Tilmann, and Dr. Daniel Farinotti. The award was granted by the journals "Water Ressources Research" (B. Merz), "Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems" (F. Tilmann), and "Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface" (D. Farinotti) and is published in the latest edition of EOS.

04.06.2014: Each year, the American Geophysical Union (AGU) confers an award for "Excellence in Refereeing" for its published scientific journals. For the year 2013 this award was given to three GFZ scientists. Prof. Bruno Merz, Prof. Frederik Tilmann, and Dr. Daniel Farinott. The award was granted by the journals "Water Ressources Research" (B. Merz), "Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems" (F. Tilmann), and "Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface" (D. Farinotti) and is published in the latest edition of EOS (3 June 2014, Volume 95, Issue 22).

The AGU is the worldwide largest organization in the domain of geosciences, having the mission of promoting the discovery in Earth and space sciences. AGU is publishing more than 20 scientific journals, each of them targeting a specific discipline. Such journals are the primary channel for scientific exchange, and represent the platforms used by scientists for presenting the results of their studies. The scientific quality is ensured through the so called "peer review"-system. Prior to its publication, each work is reviewed by several experts of the related discipline. The decision about the acceptance of a given work is based upon those reviews. The "peer review"-system is strongly based upon the voluntary engagements of the reviewers. The award for "Excellence in Refereeing" recognizes an engagement that is important for the quality assurance in the scientific community.

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