STM publisher Springer and the Brazilian Society of Adhesion and Adhesives have announced a partnership to publish the new open access journal Applied Adhesion Science. The publication strengthens Springer's open access portfolio, which now comprises over 400 journals. The journal can be read free of subscription charges or registration barriers on SpringerLink as well as on the dedicated journal website at appliedadhesionscience.com.
Applied Adhesion Science focuses on the practical applications of adhesives, with special emphasis in fields such as oil, aerospace and biomedicine. Topics on the problematics related to the phenomena of adhesion and the application of adhesive materials are featured, especially in biomedical areas such as dentistry adhesives. Both theoretical and experimental studies are published.
Professor Silvio Romero de Barros, Professor at the Federal Centers of Technological Education, Rio de Janeiro, will serve as the Editor-in-chief of the journal.
SpringerOpen journals are published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license which enables authors to easily comply with the open access mandates of their institutions and funding bodies and to retain copyright to their work.
