Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy is a new peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by a unique public/private partnership among the NBII (National Biological Information Infrastructure, a division of the U.S. Geological Survey), CSA (formerly Cambridge Scientific Abstracts), and CI (Conservation International). From the web site: 'Sustainability will facilitate communication among scientists, practitioners, and policy makers who are investigating and shaping nature-society interactions and working towards sustainable solutions....Author Fees [are] $1500 for accepted articles. These fees are currently being waived for authors, and are now paid for through the generous support of the NBII.'
From E.O. Wilson's editorial in the inaugural issue: 'The goal of the publication — to establish a forum for cross-disciplinary discussion of natural and social sciences, practices, and policies related to sustainability — is an important step toward creating achievable sustainable practices through buy-in and consensus....One way or the other, open access (which is not the same as free access) to scientific resources is inevitable. No doubt, it will take many years for institutions, publishers, librarians, authors, users (a.k.a., readers), and others to adjust to the new routes and costs of retrieving the information they need. Open access will certainly make all those involved in the production, distribution, and consumption of science more aware of how interdependent they are. Sustainability will play a central role in defining these components of community structure by presenting clearly written, robustly linked, and well-argued cross-disciplinary science in an open access forum.'
Update. Also see the CSA press release on the launch (April 22, 2005).
Posted by
Peter Suber at 4/20/2005 10:53:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
