Category Archives: Journals — new & changes
Physics — new APS journal of highlights & summaries
"The American Physical Society (APS) has announced that the inaugural issue of its new journal – Physics – is now online. David Voss, formerly a senior editor of Science, serves as editor of the journal. Physics does not publish original research articles, but short pieces to highlight, explain and discuss important articles published in other APS journals.
The journal highlights exceptional papers from the Physical Review journals. To accomplish this, Physics features expert commentaries written by active researchers who are asked to explain the results to physicists in other subfields. These commissioned articles are edited for clarity and readability across fields and are accompanied by explanatory illustrations.
Each week, editors from each of the Physical Review journals choose papers that merit this treatment, aided by referee comments and internal discussion. The journal features three kinds of articles – Viewpoints, which are 1000–1500 word essays that focus on a single Physical Review paper or PRL letter and put this work into broader context; Trends, which are 3000-4000 word review articles that survey a particular area and look for interesting developments in that field; and Synopses, which are 200 word staff-written distillations of interesting and important papers each week. In addition, the journal intends to publish selected Letters to the Editor."
Source: Knowledgespeak newsletter, July 28, 2008
Energy & Environmental Science — New Journal from RSC
Today the Royal Society of Chemistry has announced that its new journal, Energy and Environmental Science is freely accessible, at least for 2008 and 2009. They do ask each individual to register for access, however.
"A new journal linking all aspects of the chemical sciences relating to energy conversion and storage, alternative fuel technologies and environmental science."
Conservation Letters — new title. Free in 2008
Submit your manuscript to Conservation Letters for maximum exposure
Fast, global and policy-relevant, Conservation Letters is a new, online-only scientific journal, published on behalf of the Society for Conservation Biology. Publishing empirical and theoretical research with significant implications for the conservation of biological diversity, the journal will draw on knowledge, tools and interactions from many disciplines – geography, ecology, evolution, mathematics, economics, psychology, sociology and anthropology among them.
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Three types of article are published in Conservation Letters:
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For more details — the rest of the page is linked here.
Environmental Justice — new journal
"Mary Ann Liebert brings out premier issue of Environmental Justice – 15 May 2008
Publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., US, has announced the launch of a new journal – Environmental Justice. Dr. Sylvia Hood Washington of the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health serves as Editor-in-Chief of the journal, the premier issue of which is available for free online at www.liebertpub.com/env.
A quarterly publication, Environmental Justice seeks to be the central forum for the research, debate, and discussion of the equitable treatment and involvement of all people, especially minority and low-income populations, with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies. The journal aims to provide an intellectual forum that presents a balanced and objective assessment of environmental inequalities locally, nationally, and globally.
Environmental Justice explores the adverse and disparate environmental burden impacting marginalized populations and draws upon the expertise and perspectives of all parties involved in environmental justice struggles: communities, industry, academia, government, and nonprofit organisations. Legal challenges and lawsuits to ensure prevention of harmful policies, projects, and developments are within its purview. Also, the journal covers issues of compliance and enforcement, activism, and corrective actions."
Source: Knowledgespeak Newsletter
Journal of Virtual Worlds Research
Announcing the Journal of Virtual Worlds Research |
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From
Gerry McKiernan, Associate Professor
Science and Technology Librarian, Iowa State University Library
Journal of Flood Risk Management — new journal
"Wiley-Blackwell launches Journal of Flood Risk Management – 06 May 2008
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced the launch of the Journal of Flood Risk Management. One of Europe’s leading experts in flooding and wastewater management, David Balmforth, Technical Director of MWH, will serve as Editor-in-Chief.
Published in partnership with the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM), the journal seeks to provide an international forum for exploring the interactions between the diverse fields that comprise the management of flood risk worldwide. The first issue will publish in May 2008.
A quarterly publication, the Journal of Flood Risk Management will comprise peer-reviewed original papers, review articles, and editorials covering such areas as hydrology, coastal, storm and surge, climate change, modeling, infrastructure management, flood event management and disaster recovery, flood forecasting/warning, land use management/spatial planning, policy and legislation, uncertainty analysis and risk and health and social aspects of flooding. All articles will be free of charge for the first year of publication."
Source: Knowledgespeak Newsletter, May 6, 2008
Biotechnology for Biofuels — new OA journal
BioMed Central launches new OA journal – Biotechnology for Biofuels – 05 May 2008
"Open access publisher BioMed Central, US, has announced the launch of a new, open-access journal – Biotechnology for Biofuels. Michael Himmel, Bärbel Hahn-Hägerdal, Chris Somerville, and Charles Wyman will serve as Editors-in-Chief of the journal. They will be supported by an international editorial board.
Biotechnology for Biofuels emphasises understanding and advancing the application of biotechnology and synergistic operations to improve plants and biological conversion systems for the production of fuels from lignocellulosic biomass and any related economic, environmental and policy issues. The journal features the latest cutting-edge research in the field, reviews and commentary articles from both Academia and Industry. Also, it will run a blog, dedicated to all aspects of the biofuels world.
BioMed Central will officially launch the journal at the forthcoming 30th symposium of Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, in New Orleans."
Source: Knowledgespeak Newsletter, May 5, 2008
Ecohydrology — new journal
Wiley-Blackwell is offering free academic access to this first issue of Ecohydrology.
If your browser is not set to allow cookies, you’ll have to cut and paste into the URL:
www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/eco
"Ecohydrology seeks to increase interdisciplinary insights by placing particular emphasis on interactions and associated feedbacks in both space and time between ecological systems and the hydrological cycle.
Research contributions are solicited from disciplines focusing on the following aspects of ecohydrology:
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To read more about this new journal see:
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/114209870/home?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0
Journals added to PubMed
The NLM Technical Bulletin dated March-April, 2008, announces indexing coverage for, and inclusion of 7 new journals, the most significant of which might beThe Journal of Cell Communication and Signaling and BMC Medical Physics.
NLM Technical Bulletin, Mar-Apr 2008, PubMed Central: New Journals Participating and New Content Added: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/ma08/ma08_pmc.html