Editor Q&A – Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology
First published in January 2015, Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology tackles key challenges for the scientific community, with content focused on global problems such as climate change, resource sustainability and pollution. Deputy editor Emma Eley explains why this journal is such an important resource for researchers in the field.
Who should be accessing Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology?
The journal has a multi-disciplinary focus, with articles covering sustainable water resources linked to topics that include engineering, technology, industry, materials chemistry, health/exposure and sanitation, making the content relevant to academic and industrial researchers working within a range of disciplines.
What makes Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology stand out from other journals in the field?
By providing a forum to unite a wide range of interdisciplinary topics, we are providing an important platform to advance research relating to all aspects of sustainable water, which has significant societal impact.
The quality of our content makes Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology essential reading for researchers. In our first 18 months we’ve published 132 papers written by leading and up-and-coming authors in the fields of water research, technology and sustainability.
Additionally, the editorial team has a real community focus and a commitment to support emerging investigators in the field through our Emerging Investigator series. As well as benefitting up-and-coming new authors, this enables researchers to access high-quality research from fresh new perspectives. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology’s companion blog also features interviews with these emerging investigators, and an opportunity for readers to add comments and engage with them on their work – helping to build collaboration within the community.
How does Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology link to other Environmental Science journals from the Royal Society of Chemistry?
It is part of a trio of environmental science journals published by us (along with Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts and Environmental Science: Nano).
The three journals complement each other, but by having individual specialised journals we can provide focused content, helping researchers access the information they need more quickly.
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Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology will be free to access until December 2016. From January 2017, it will be available on subscription, or as part of the RSC Gold collection.
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