ICE Publishing, the publishing division of the Institution of Civil Engineers, has announced the launch of a new flagship journal series - ICE Science. By publishing at the intersection of many scientific disciplines this new series aims to inspire the cross-fertilisation of ideas and drive forward knowledge in the areas of materials science, biomaterials, nanotechnology and energy. The collection will seek to bring together communities that traditionally work in silos to ensure important discoveries and applications are accessible to all those in the field.
ICE Science will launch with three full-colour, bimonthly journals – Nanomaterials and Energy, Emerging Materials Research and Bioinspired, Biomimetic and Nanobiomaterials. Free online access to all published content will be available throughout 2011 and 2012, providing researchers with the opportunity to be widely read and cited. ICE Publishing is currently inviting submissions for these journals.
Nanomaterials and Energy will be the first journal to be launched in the ICE Science collection, in January 2012. Led by editor-in-chief, Professor Nitin Chopra of the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, USA, the journal will bring together research from scientists and engineers working at the juncture of nanomaterials and energy, helping identify new and more efficient energy sources with a cost-benefit focus.
Scheduled for launch in February 2012, Emerging Materials Research will seek to bring a new vision and insight to the field of materials science. Materials Research is constantly evolving and correlations between process, structure, properties and performance which are application specific require expert understanding at the macro-, micro- and nano-scale. Through this new journal, editor-in-chief, Professor N. M Ravindra of the New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA, invites researchers across science and engineering to identify revolutionary and diverse applications for new and evolving materials.
Bioinspired, Biomimetic and Nanobiomaterials, the third journal in the ICE Science collection, is also slated for launch in February 2012. The journal seeks to bring together ideas from the most promising area of research within the field of biological materials science and engineering. Professor Kajal Mallick from the School of Engineering, University of Warwick, UK, will serve as the journal’s Editor-in-chief.
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