STM publisher Springer has announced that the International Journal of Disaster Risk Science (IJDRS) is the 50th journal to be included in SpringerOpen, an open access initiative launched one year ago. IJDRS focuses on theoretical and methodological issues in disaster science, emergency response technology and risk management. The open access journal is fully sponsored by the Beijing Normal University.
Springer started its open access initiative in order to expand open access to all disciplines within the science, technology and medicine (STM) fields. Most of the newly launched SpringerOpen journals derive from the fields of engineering, medicine and mathematics. Springer's BioMed Central provided the expertise and technology to help successfully establish the SpringerOpen portfolio.
SpringerOpen journals are e-only journals. The global publisher is committed to delivering high-quality articles and ensuring rapid publication as with its traditional journals, using online submission systems and in-depth peer review for an efficient, author-friendly production process. The final articles are not only published in a timely manner on Springer's online information platform SpringerLink, but are also distributed to archives such as PubMed Central and to institutional repositories as requested.
SpringerOpen journals are published under the Creative Commons Attribution license, which facilitates the open distribution of copyrighted work. According to this license, Springer will not reserve any exclusive commercial rights.
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