STM publisher Springer is intensifying its open access activities in South Korea by signing agreements for two new SpringerOpen journals with the Korean Geotechnical Society (KGS) and the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles (KSCT). Starting in January 2014, both research societies will start publishing their official journals with Springer.
Fashion and Textiles, a newly launched journal, is the official publication of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles. The double-blind, peer-reviewed international journal is dedicated to promoting scholarly exchange among academic and industrial researchers in the field of fashion and textiles. The multidisciplinary scope of the quarterly journal includes the areas of textile science and technology, clothing science and technology, economics of the clothing and textile/fashion business, and fashion design and history.
The multidisciplinary International Journal of Geo-Engineering (previously published as the 'International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering') provides a forum to discuss the knowledge and experience of geoengineering from fundamentals to cutting-edge technologies. It covers the broad area of academic and practical aspects of geoengineering, including environmental geomechanics, engineering geology, geoenergy development, and the latest experimental, analytical and numerical methods.
With these additions to the SpringerOpen program, Springer is strengthening its publishing portfolio in Korea. Springer currently co-publishes 49 Korean society journals, of which seven are open access journals. The Korean book program comprises 50 new book titles from Korean authors per year.
