Pensoft has launched Advances in Pollinator Research, a diamond open-access journal intended to unify pollinator science efforts. The journal was developed in collaboration with the European Union pollinator projects community.
Advances in Pollinator Research (APR) is a multidisciplinary, community-driven, peer-reviewed journal focused on how pollinator science is shared and translated into real-world action. The journal covers areas including pollination ecology, pollinator-plant interactions, molecular ecology, conservation, and related disciplines.
The journal's stated mission is to support research from underrepresented regions, taxa, and ecological contexts. The publication will be led by two Editors-in-Chief affiliated with the University of Bern and Agroscope.
As a diamond open-access journal, Advances in Pollinator Research is currently free to publish in and free to read, with all published research openly accessible. The first editorial has been made available. The journal is positioned as a response to the global crisis of pollinator decline and as a platform intended to move beyond traditional data silos. It is described as unifying biological, environmental, socio-economic, and governance dimensions of pollinator health.
Advances in Pollinator Research supports transdisciplinary collaboration among scientists, industry, and society with the objective of identifying and amplifying solutions to real-world problems. The journal welcomes research using conventional approaches and encourages the use of methods such as automated monitoring systems, artificial intelligence-assisted analytics, molecular and genomic tools, large-scale network initiatives, and open databases that advance FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) data dissemination across regions and taxa.
The journal will use Pensoft’s ARPHA platform, which supports academic publishing and research dissemination. The publishing process is described as end-to-end, covering manuscript submission through publication, indexation, dissemination, and permanent archiving.
ARPHA services also include human-provided support and integration with third-party providers intended to extend the reach and usability of research published in Advances in Pollinator Research.
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