New open access publishing platform for scientific research now live - Scienmag

"Canadian Science Publishing (CSP) is pleased to announce that FACETS, Canada's first and only multidisciplinary open access science journal, has now fully launched. FACETS has been developed on a state-of-the-art online publishing platform and the launch includes two peer-reviewed articles with many more slated to be published in the coming weeks ... Today FACETS launches with a broad scope that encompasses six major research fields and over 30 subjects. Additional subject areas will be added as the journal evolves in conjunction with emerging scientific advances. As a multidisciplinary journal, FACETSpublishes at the interface of the traditional fields of inquiry, facilitating scholarly communication and enhancing knowledge transfer. The Integrative Sciences section, for example, was developed to meet the unique challenges of researchers publishing in fields that link the sciences and social sciences, and will include topics of particular interest to a wide Canadian and international audience such as science and policy, science and society, conservation and sustainability, and public health ..."