Introduction

The AGATA Steering Committee (ASC) has defined a policy for the submission of publications relating to AGATA. This includes physics publications, conference proceedings, technical papers and review articles.

AGATA physics publications are based on results from the AGATA campaigns at LNL-INFN 2010–2011, GSI 2012–2014, GANIL 2015–2021 and LNL-INFN 2022. For these, the ASC has an approved list of AGATA Core Authors for each site and campaign. See the section Submission of AGATA Physics Publications.

An AGATA physics publication is defined as a peer-reviewed article that is based on scientific results from an experiment, or experiments, performed with AGATA.

Conference proceedings that include results from AGATA physics experiments should follow normal authorship courtesy. The Chair of the AGATA Collaboration Council (ACC), José Javier Valiente Dobón, should be informed at the time of publication.

All physics publications, including conference proceedings, must acknowledge the AGATA Collaboration and thank the host laboratory in the acknowledgements.

The policy for AGATA technical and instrumentation publications is described
on this page.

The ASC encourages all publications to be Open Access.

Authors of AGATA physics publications are reminded that ownership of data generated by the AGATA spectrometer resides with the AGATA Collaboration, as detailed in the
AGATA Data Policy.

Policy for Submission of AGATA Physics Publications

AGATA physics publications based on results from the AGATA campaigns at LNL-INFN 2010–2011, GSI 2012–2014, GANIL 2015–2021 and LNL-INFN 2022 may have, in addition to the main responsible author and the ordinary co-authors — those involved in the experiment, analysis and related activities — a number of additional co-authors belonging to the AGATA Core Author list for the respective campaign.

For the first AGATA physics publication based on results from each AGATA experiment, all persons on the AGATA Core Author list for that campaign will be asked whether they wish to be included as co-authors on the publication.

The ASC, working with the Chair of the ACC, is responsible for controlling and updating the AGATA Core Author lists. The lists will be updated regularly by adding and removing names.

Subsequent physics publications from the same experiment are not obliged to follow this procedure involving the Core Author list.

When such a publication has been accepted, it must be registered by informing the Chair of the ACC, José Javier Valiente Dobón. This ensures that the project maintains a complete record of all AGATA publications.

Submission of AGATA Review Articles

Review articles are very welcome and recognise the excellence of the scientific and technical output from AGATA.

In order for the collaboration to track these publications and advise during the preparation of the publication, including the provision of technical comments, the ASC has defined a specific procedure.

The manuscript of the review article should be submitted to the Chair of the ACC, José Javier Valiente Dobón, prior to submission to the journal.

The Chair will then check the paper and consult with the Chair of the AMB for additional technical comments.

Instructions for Main Authors of AGATA Physics Publications for the First Paper from an Experiment

The following procedure must be used to determine which persons on the relevant AGATA Core Author list wish to become co-authors of an AGATA physics publication.

If you are the main author of an AGATA physics publication, you must follow these instructions before submitting your article to a journal.

1. Send the publication as a PDF file by email to István Kuti, with a copy to José Javier Valiente Dobón, Chair of the ACC.
   

   In the email, specify:

   • The AGATA campaign concerned by the publication.
   • The journal to which the manuscript is planned to be submitted.
   • The deadline for AGATA Core Authors to complete the acceptance form indicating whether they wish to become co-authors.

   The recommended deadline is two weeks.

2. After the deadline has passed, a link to the final list of names and affiliations of the AGATA Core Authors who answered “yes” on the acceptance form will be available in the last column of the publications table.
   

   The list of names and affiliations is updated automatically when an AGATA Core Author completes the acceptance form. The final version of the list is available only after the deadline has passed.

3. You must include all names on this list as co-authors of the AGATA physics publication.

The setup of the acceptance form and the notification sent to AGATA Core Authors, including information about its availability and deadline, are managed by István Kuti.

Information for Core Authors

When there is an AGATA physics publication that will be passed through the AGATA Core Author procedure, all persons on the relevant Core Author lists will receive an email with instructions explaining how to sign up to become a co-author on the publication.

Confidentiality Agreement

It is very important that all information contained in an AGATA physics publication manuscript submitted through the AGATA Core Author procedure is kept confidential until the manuscript has been accepted for publication.

Persons on the AGATA Core Author lists are not allowed to distribute the manuscript or disclose any information contained in it to anyone other than the co-authors whose names appear on the manuscript.

Before a manuscript can be downloaded from the website, the Core Author must accept the confidentiality agreement.

Updating Core Author Information

If there is a change in a Core Author’s affiliation, present address, email address or other personal information, the Core Author should log in to the website and update the relevant details.

Once logged in, click on My Account, select the Edit tab and update the relevant information on the Account and/or Core Author Data pages.

In the event of problems, please contact the AGATA webmaster.

Links

If you want to display the table of physics publications submitted via the AGATA Core Author procedure,
click on this link.

• AGATA Core Author list for the campaign at LNL 2010–2011
  
• AGATA Core Author list for the campaign at GSI 2012–2014
  
• AGATA Core Author list for the campaign at GANIL 2015–2021
  
• AGATA Core Author list for the campaign at LNL starting in 2022