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In December 2013, UC Press’s mission-driven, trans-disciplinary, open-access journal Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene published its first article, ushering in its motto, “Open Science for Public Good.” In this blog post we pause to reflect and take note of some of the publication highlights fro

Elementa is the right home for this type of research because we make a special effort to accommodate work that is, by necessity and intent, highly interdisciplinary, including work at the interface of various practices, from science to education and policy.

Collections like Agrobiodiversity Nourishes Us / La agrobiodiversidad nos nutre and Ways of Knowing and Being for Agroecology Transitions (forthcoming) have offered invaluable opportunities to gather scholars and practitioners across continents who are committed to participatory-action, engaged, and

"With its richness of civilizations, the Pan-Pacific realm has been experiencing especially severe environmental pollution and ecological crisis, associated with swift regional economic development over past decades."

"We hope that MOSAiC data lays the foundation for research on Arctic processes for many years to come and will improve not only our general understanding, but also our predictive capabilities in this region of the world."

At UC Press, open access—the free, immediate, unrestricted, online access to peer-reviewed research and scholarly work—is central to our mission to drive progressive change by seeking out and cultivating the brightest minds and giving them voice, reach, and impact.

The global coronavirus pandemic has already affected most of the planet in innumerable ways. Beyond its devastating human health toll, we are witnessing atmospheric, resource use, ecological, cultural, economic, and political consequences materializing in many places and at a scale that is unprecede

"My vision for the new EES domain is to publish research that combines the traditional 'ologies' like ecology and geology with understanding of human impacts in the Anthropocene"

Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene has an Impact Factor of 3.518.