Springer Nature welcomes Fire Ecology

Since 2005, the journal Fire Ecology has published important articles on all ecological and management aspects relating to wildland fire, including its effects on landscapes and ecosystems. It is managed and fully supported by the Association for Fire Ecology (AFE). It has been and will continue to be an online, fully open access publication that is freely available to read without a subscription. During its 14 year life, the journal has had four Managing Editors (Mike Meddler, Jan van Wagtendonk, Jim Agee, and Bob Keane), but only one Copy Editor (Laurie Burk) and one Webmaster (Brett Cole). During this time, the team behind the journal has consistently released three issues each year with approximately 9 papers per issue. It has always been a major goal of AFE to elevate the reputation of the journal and expand its reach internationally While being the preeminent journal for publishing fire ecology research, Fire Ecology’s readership has so far been focused in the US and the journal has therefore had limited international impact. It has always been a major goal of AFE to elevate the reputation of the journal and expand its reach internationally to make it an important global reference for fire ecology. So, in May of 2017, AFE began negotiations with Springer Nature to move the journal from the AFE-sponsored website onto the SpringerOpen publishing platform. AFE was impressed with the high-quality Springer Nature websites and publication products, and more importantly, the...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Biology Open Access Publishing Fire Ecology SpringerOpen Source Type: blogs