{"506931":{"#nid":"506931","#data":{"type":"news","title":"New Open Journal of the Anthropocene","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBBISS Deputy Director, Michael Chang, is a founding editor-in-chief for the new online academic journal \u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/elementascience.org\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EElementa: Science of the Anthropocene\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E \u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EElementa\u003C\/em\u003E is based on an innovative publication model for an academic journal. It is online, open-access, and peer-reviewed. \u003Cem\u003EElementa\u003C\/em\u003E publishes timely and high quality articles that deal with the interactions between human and natural systems and behaviors. \u003Cem\u003EElementa\u003C\/em\u003E is a nonprofit initiative of BioOne, Dartmouth, the Georgia Institute of Technology, the University of Colorado Boulder, the University of Michigan, and the University of Washington.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe editors of \u003Cem\u003EElementa\u003C\/em\u003E embrace the idea that basic knowledge can foster sustainable solutions for society. \u0026nbsp;The journal\u0026rsquo;s focus will be original research reporting on new knowledge of the Earth\u0026rsquo;s physical, chemical, and biological systems; interactions between human and natural systems; and steps that can be taken to mitigate and adapt to global change.\u0026nbsp; \u003Cem\u003EElementa\u003C\/em\u003E will report on fundamental advancements in research organized initially into six knowledge domains.\u0026nbsp; Each of the six knowledge domains is edited by one of the journal\u0026rsquo;s founding editors.\u0026nbsp; The six domains are:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EAtmospheric Science \u0026ndash; Detlev Helmig, University of Colorado Boulder\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EEarth and Environmental Science \u0026ndash; Joel D. Blum, University of Michigan\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EEcology \u0026ndash; Donald R. Zak, University of Michigan\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EOcean Science \u0026ndash; Jody W. Deming, University of Washington\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ESustainable Engineering \u0026ndash; Michael Chang, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ESustainability Sciences \u0026ndash; Anne Kapuscinski and David R. Peart, Dartmouth\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Chang, in a Q \u0026amp; A on the journal\u0026rsquo;s website, puts the new publication model in context in this way, \u0026ldquo;\u003Cem\u003EElementa\u003C\/em\u003E is a ground-up reinvention of the way the research community communicates even as it holds onto the requirement of rigor in peer review. And given these changes, it is wholly appropriate then that \u003Cem\u003EElement\u003Cem\u003Ea\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E is about the Science of the Anthropocene. The speed and magnitude of change occurring in the publishing paradigm is an excellent metaphor for the speed and magnitude of change occurring on the planet. New challenges call for new solutions.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESubmissions will be accepted beginning in April 2013 with publishing dates for the first articles in July.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch6\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sustainable.gatech.edu\/bbisss-big-ideas-archive\u0022\u003ERead more BBISS Big Ideas Stories.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h6\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBBISS Deputy Director, Michael Chang, is a founding editor-in-chief for the new online academic journal \u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/elementascience.org\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EElementa: Science of the Anthropocene\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E \u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EElementa\u003C\/em\u003E is based on an innovative publication model for an academic journal. It is online, open-access, and peer-reviewed. \u003Cem\u003EElementa\u003C\/em\u003E publishes timely and high quality articles that deal with the interactions between human and natural systems and behaviors. \u003Cem\u003EElementa\u003C\/em\u003E is a nonprofit initiative of BioOne, Dartmouth, the Georgia Institute of Technology, the University of Colorado Boulder, the University of Michigan, and the University of Washington.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"BBISS Deputy Director, Michael Chang, is a founding editor-in-chief for the new online academic journal Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene."}],"uid":"27338","created_gmt":"2016-02-26 17:18:01","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:53","author":"Brent Verrill","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-02-28T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-02-28T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"506921":{"id":"506921","type":"image","title":"Elementa Logo","body":null,"created":"1456765200","gmt_created":"2016-02-29 17:00:00","changed":"1475895268","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:28","alt":"Elementa Logo","file":{"fid":"204869","name":"elementa_logo.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/elementa_logo_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/elementa_logo_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":21303,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/elementa_logo_0.jpg?itok=CEc6XXEj"}}},"media_ids":["506921"],"groups":[{"id":"244191","name":"Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"166871","name":"bbiss_big_ideas"},{"id":"169976","name":"elementa"},{"id":"3186","name":"Michael Chang"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:brent.verrill@sustainable.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EBrent Verrill\u003C\/a\u003E, Communications Manager, BBISS\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["brent.verrill@sustainable.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}