ICE Publishing, the publishing division of the Institution of Civil Engineers, has announced the expansion of its ICE Science series with the launch of two new journals - Green Materials and Surface Innovations. The official launch will be held in March 2013 but the print articles are already available for free online. Both topical journals are expected to foster dynamic links between research communities and with free online access continuing throughout 2013, published researchers can expect to be both widely read and cited.
Established in 2011, ICE Science is a series of scientific journals designed to help promote and share innovative research at the intersection of several scientific and engineering disciplines. Following the publication of three cross-disciplinary journals, in the areas of materials science, biomaterials, nanotechnology and energy, these latest journals are seen to mark expansion into the fast moving fields of green chemistry and surface science.
Developing alternatives to traditional materials or processes that offer an environmental advantage is seen as an emerging area of research. The focus of Green Materials relates to polymers and materials, with an emphasis on reducing the use of hazardous substances in the design, manufacture and application of products. International representatives serve on the editorial board which is led by two editor-in-chiefs: Dr Michael Shaver of the University of Edinburgh and Prof. Qing Wang of the Pennsylvania State University.
Prof. Jaroslaw Drelich of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Michigan Technological University is the editor of Surface Innovations, an interdisciplinary and international journal publishing articles on scientific and engineering advances made in the formulation and modification of surfaces and coatings.
