Nature Conservation – a new dimension in Open Access publishing bridging science and application

By

Henle, Klaus
Bell, Sandra
Brotons, Lluís, 1979-
Clobert, Jean
Evans, Douglas
Goerg, Christoph
Grodzinska-Jurcak, Malgorzata
Gruber, Bernd
Haila, Yrjö
Henry, Pierre-Yves
Huth, Andreas
Julliard, Romain
Keil, Petr
Kleyer, Michael
Kotze, D. Johan
Kunin, William E.
Lengyel, Szabolcs
Lin, Yu-Pin
Loyau, Adeline
Luck, Gary
Magnuson, William
Margules, Chris
Matsinos, Yiannis
May, Peter
Sousa-Pinto, Isabel
Possingham, Hugh
Potts, Simon
Ring, Irene
Pryke, James
Samways, Michael
Saunders, Denis A.
Schmeller, Dirk
Simila, Jukka
Sommer, Simone
Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf
Stoev, Pavel
Sykes, Martin
Tóthmérész, Béla
Yam, Rita S. W.
Tzanopoulos, Joseph
Penev, Lyubomir

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2012

Original Publication

Nature conservation

Volume

1

Pages

1-10

Subjects

Biodiversity , conservation management , conservation policy , conservation science , data publishing , Nature conservation , semantic enhancements , semantic markup

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 2012-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/natureconservation.1.3081

 

Abstract

This Editorial presents the focus, scope and policies of the inaugural issue of Nature Conservation, a new open access, peer-reviewed journal bridging natural sciences, social sciences and hands-on applications in conservation management. The journal covers all aspects of nature conservation and aims particularly at facilitating better interaction between scientists and practitioners. The journal will impose no restrictions on manuscript size or the use of colour. We will use an XML-based editorial workflow and several cutting-edge innovations in publishing and information dissemination. These include semantic mark-up of, and enhancements to published text, data, and extensive cross-linking within the journal and to external sources. We believe the journal will make an important contribution to better linking science and practice, offers rapid, peer-reviewed and flexible publication for authors and unrestricted access to content.