Open access publisher BMC (part of Springer Nature) has launched its new journal - Sustainable Earth. The journal aims to work closely with scientists, policy makers and the general public to facilitate and enhance the communication of information in the field of sustainability. Prof. Peter Newman serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the journal.
The movement towards fully sustainable practice requires input from experts across a diverse range of fields, which is why Sustainable Earth focuses on interdisciplinary research which unites several fields to overcome obstacles in research. The journal's signature publication type is policy guidelines, which suggest direct policy enhancements based on novel and existing research.
Some of the topics the journal will address include: Responding to planetary boundaries: What is the 'safe' operating space for humanity and how must we change to fit within it?; Food security: How can we continue to feed a growing population and reduce our impact on the environment?; and Young lives: An insight into the sustainability aspirations of young people, the science behind them, and the emerging youth agenda for a more sustainable earth.
Sustainable Earth serves not only the scientific community but also the general public and seeks opportunities to directly engage in practical sustainability initiatives. Earth Day 2020 (the 50th anniversary) is seeking to plant 7.8 billion trees (one for each person on the planet) to which Sustainable Earth will award 20 trees for every two articles reviewed in the journal, so that every author and reviewer in the journal is contributing to a more sustainable planet.
Brought to you by Scope e-Knowledge Center, a trusted global partner for digital content transformation solutions - Abstracting & Indexing (A&I), Knowledge Modeling (Taxonomies, Thesauri and Ontologies), and Metadata Enrichment & Entity Extraction.
