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\title{Science AMA Series: We're Dr. Johna Leddy and Dr. Jeff Fergus. We're
here to talk about open science, The Electrochemical Society's Free the
Science initiative, and the Society's forthcoming preprint server,
ECSarXiv, which will launch in 2018. AMA!}



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  \date{April 23, 2026}


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Hi Reddit! This is Johna Leddy, president of The Electrochemical Society
(ECS). I'm joined by Jeff Fergus, editor of the Society's official
meeting proceedings, ECS Transactions (ECST). Today we'd like to talk
with you all about open science, our Free the Science initiative, and
our new preprint server, ECSarXiv, built and hosted by the Center for
Open Science's Open Science Framework. We'll be back at 12 noon ET to
answer your questions, ask us anything! ECS Chief Content Officer \&
Publisher Mary E. Yess (username: ecspublisher) will also help to field
questions. More about us: Dr. Johna Leddy: I'm an associate professor of
chemistry at the University of Iowa, an alumna of Rice University and
the University of Texas, and the current president of ECS. I've been an
ECS member for over 25 years and have served on various committees
within the organization. I'm also a former chair of ECS's Physical and
Analytical Electrochemistry Division. My research interests range from
fundamental electrochemistry through voltammetric methodologies and
modeling to the technology of power sources. A major focus for me has
been examining magnetic effects on electron transfer processes. Dr. Jeff
Fergus: I'm a professor of materials engineering and the associate dean
for program assessment and graduate studies in the Samuel Ginn College
of Engineering at Auburn University. I've served as the editor of ECST,
ECS's official meeting proceedings, since 2013. I've also held positions
on multiple committees within the organization and served as the chair
of the ECS High Temperature Materials Division. My research interests
are in materials for high temperature and electrochemical
applications---particularly in understanding and mitigating performance
degradation, such as chromium poisoning in SOFCs and capacity fading in
Li-ion batteries. The Electrochemical Society (ECS): ECS is a nonprofit
scientific society that has been publishing continuously since 1902.
We're an international membership organization that has over 8,000
members worldwide across more than 80 countries. Our mission is to
disseminate and advance the science we steward through meetings and
publications, and we believe the best way to do that is through
transition to an open science paradigm. This mission is the driving
force behind our Free the Science initiative:
www.electrochem.org/free-the-science. We believe that by opening and
democratizing research, we can enhance and accelerate the science that
will ensure our survival and sustainability on this planet. We already
give authors the opportunity to publish open access in our 2
peer-reviewed, hybrid open access journals---the Journal of The
Electrochemical Society and the ECS Journal of Solid State Science and
Technology. Currently, over a third of our journal articles are being
published open access. The upcoming launch of ECSarXiv will mark a major
step forward for Free the Science toward the complete open access model
we plan to one day implement, allowing all authors to publish for free
and removing the paywall for readers. We invite anyone who wants to know
more about open science, Free the Science, preprint servers, or
scholarly communications to ask questions here. For more info about us,
check out our website at www.electrochem.org. Edit: Thanks, everyone,
for the insightful questions and discussion. That's all the time we have
today. We had a great experience talking with you all---you raised a
number of excellent points about the open science movement that we'll
want to keep in mind as we move forward. Until next time, please feel
free to reach out to us with questions at oa@electrochem.org.%
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