Environmental Research Letters - New Open Access Journal from Inst of Physics

The Institute of Physics announced yesterday that it is launching a new open access journal, Environmental Research Letters (ERL). Online access will be free.

According to the press release:

"ERL will be primarily an online publication, but people will be able to subscribe to a print version in 2007. The first content will be available in October 2006.

The journal is now inviting research letter submissions from all researchers working at the forefront of environmental science. Submissions should be no more than 4000 words (inclusive of all text and 1-3 graphics). The peer-review of all articles will be guided by the Editorial Board to ensure maximal appeal to the journal’s broad readership. Full details about the article submission process and other details about ERL may be found on the journal homepage..."

The full press release may be viewed at: http://www.iop.org/news/1137.