Editorial of the First Edition of the "Ambiente e Água" Scientific Journal (doi:10.4136/ambi-agua.1)
José Luiz Cembranelli, Bairro Itaim · 2006
This release is the first edition of this new interdisciplinary scientific journal, named Ambiente e Agua - An Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Science, Ambi-Agua, in short. The journal was so named to characterize the emphasis in publishing scientific papers in the areas of Environmental Sciences and Water Resources, once these scientific areas typically integrate systems and processes of the ecosphere (biosphere and atmosphere). Specifically, this Journal will publish scientific findings in the area of Hydrology, Hydrogeology, Environmental Engineering and Sanitation, Forest Engineering and Forest Resources, Ecology, Aquiculture, Oceanology and Fishing Resources, Agronomy, Agrometeorology and Agricultural Engineering, Global Change, Fishing Engineering and Zootechnology, Geography, Geology, Environmental Science, Environmental Legislation and Pollution, among others. As well as, papers in the areas of Remote Sensing, Geotecnologies and Spatial Analysis concerned with the study of water, environment and public health. This Journal is being edited by the Institute of Environmental Research in Hydrographic Basins (IPABHi) and by the Graduate Program in Environmental Sciences of the Research and Graduate School of the University of Taubate, initially with three issues annually. The Journal is published on-line, using the SEER System, an integrated digital publishing software package distributed by the Brazilian Institute for Science and Technology Information (IBICT) (http://www.ibict.br/secao.php?cat=SEER), that was developed based on the Public Knowledge Project (Open Journal Systems - http://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs /) of the British Columbia University that has been built upon the experience of other systems developed for preservation of data (Rosenthal et al., 2005). This system will allow great visibility, powered by the OAI-PMH Protocol and several tools for digital data preservation. All editions will be freely available to the community. Even though this is an electronic publication, articles will be published in typical printed publication format, that is, with numbered pages to guarantee the appropriate credit to the authors. The papers are published in the Portable Document Format (pdf) format, that guarantees the visualization of the original layout of the article, as it had been printed and with restriction for text copying. Printing and download of the articles in the same digital format (pdf) for subsequent reading. To increase the visibility, each issue will be available as a single file. Thus Librarians could print the entire edition, for consultation in their libraries. In the future, pending upon financial support, the Ambi-Agua Journal will be printed in paper to increase the visibility of the published articles.