A new inspiration for acarological life: Acarological Studies

Abstract

Today, there are more than 246,000 regularly and irregularly published serial publications. Only 16 research journals dedicated to the acarology are present. Of these, 10 are currently active, but the others are no longer published. This editorial presents information about a new peer-reviewed international journal on acarology, Acarological Studies (AS), aim of which is to promote acarological research worldwide. The journal AS is expected to give a new impulse to the acarology. AS providing full open access to acarological information uses LOCKSS digital preservation system. All papers published in AS are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International.

Keywords

• Acarology,JournalPark,open access,publication,research

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