IOP Publishing (IOPP) is launching three new, fully open access (OA) journals, extending the publisher’s Environmental Research series. IOPP’s Environmental Research Series now comprises six titles that collectively address all major areas of environmental science.
Environmental Research: Health (ERH) and Environmental Research: Climate (ERCL) are now open submissions. The third new journal, Environmental Research: Ecology (ERE) will open for submissions later in 2021.
The three new journals reflect the surge in published research that covers one of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) such as clean water and sanitation, sustainable cities and communities and climate action. The growth in this scientific field is expected to accelerate further in the coming years.
The new journals offer a suite of interdisciplinary OA publishing options with rigorous peer review standards based on editorial excellence and a commitment to data transparency. Like the first and most recently launched journal of the series, Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability, research published in the three new titles will be universally accessible, ensuring maximum visibility and reach.
In the spirit of transparency and reproducibility, authors will be encouraged to share data and code where appropriate for the benefit of the research community and authors will have the option to submit their paper for double anonymous and transparent peer review. In addition, IOPP will waive all OA article publication charges for articles that are submitted to the three new launches before 2024. After the initial waiver period for all, authors from low- and middle-income countries who publish in IOPP’s new journals don’t have to pay any article processing costs.
IOPP’s Environmental Research Series provides a platform for the environmental science community worldwide to share knowledge that addresses some of the world’s most critical issues with the aim of accelerating breakthroughs that support long term sustainable developments.
The Environmental Research series is aligned with IOPP’s free-to-attend virtual conference, taking place from November 15-19, 2021.
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