Overview

Overview

 

Resources Science is a comprehensive academic journal, jointly sponsored by the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences and China Society of Natural Resources. It has been selected as a Chinese Core Journal, Core Journal of Chinese Social Sciences Citation Index (CSSCI), Key Magazine of China Technology, and Core Journal of Chinese Science Citation Database (CSCD). The journal was founded in 1977, named as Natural Resources, and it was officially renamed Resources Science in 1998.

 

Aims and Scope

The journal publishes innovative articles that report cutting-edge research results and breakthroughs in the field of resource science. It facilitates the development of the theoretical framework of resource science and promotes the sustainable use of resources and resource management in China.

Resources Science has 18 columns divided into six categories. Each issue has approximately 3 to 5 columns. The specific content of each column is as follows:

Comprehensive Articles: publishes comprehensive articles on theories of resource science, major issues in resource environment, methodology in resource science.

Land Resources: covers topics on element analysis, classification, evaluation of land resources, land productivity, soil quality, development and protection of regional land resources, etc.

Water Resources: covers topics on water resources survey and evaluation, water cycle and water balance, supply and demand analysis of regional water resources, water resources allocation, water environment capacity, water resources protection and management, hydrological impact of resource development and utilization.

Biological Resources: covers topics on animal, plant and microbial resources and their species, quantity, quality, geological distribution, as well as the reasonable development, utilization, protection and management of biological resources, etc. It focuses mainly on forest, grassland, medicinal animal and plant resources.

Energy and Mineral Resources: publishes articles on the evaluation of energy and mineral resources, energy structure and planning, supply and demand analysis, comprehensive utilization and management of energy and mineral resources, etc.

Marine Resources: covers the evaluation, development, utilization, and management of marine organisms, marine minerals, and sea ice resources, as well as the protection of the marine environment and the utilization of marine energy resources, etc.

Climate Resources: focuses on the analysis of climatic factors in the transformation of natural materials into resource products, the assessment of climate resources, the effects of climate change on the production process of material resources, the microclimatic effects of resource development and use, etc.

Tourism Resources: includes classification, evaluation, survey, capacity, division and planning of tourism resources, etc.

Social Resources: publishes articles on human resources, technological resources and educational resources.

Resource Economics: focuses on theories and methods of resource value and cost accounting, evaluation of resource use efficiency, resource allocation and security, and economic issues surrounding resource development and use.

Resource Management: publishes articles on resource policy, property rights, resource legislation, etc.

Resources Information: publishes articles introducing theories, methods, and technologies for the acquisition, storage, processing, development, and application of resource information. It focuses on the application of remote sensing, GIS technology and mathematical models in resource science research.

Resource Recycling: publishes articles on principles, experiments, related technologies and methods in resource recycling.

Resources Engineering & Technology: covers the conception and design of major resource projects, new technologies and methods in resource development and exploitation, etc.

Special Column: publishes articles invited by the editorial team. Each issue has a Special Column, which contains articles on consistent topics. The column publishes in detail the research results of provincial or national funded projects, outstanding articles from national or international academic conferences, and academic discussions on specific scientific issues.

Reviews: presents national and international research advances related to hot topics in the field of resource science.

Commentary: publishes authors' opinions and thoughts on recently published articles in journals and other publications, major projects in resource engineering, etc. It encourages different academic viewpoints.

Short Communication: reports on innovative achievements in research stages, important academic events, technological news, notification of academic conferences, journal announcements, book news, etc.

 

Readership

The readers of Resources Science are mainly researchers, technicians, managers in the fields of natural resources, social resources, resource management, resource legislation, etc., as well as professors and students majoring in related fields at universities and colleges.

 

Basic Information

Founded in 1977

Editor-in-Chief: GAO Xing

Governing Body: Chinese Academy of Sciences

Sponsor: Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences; China Society of Natural Resources

Edited by Editorial Office of Resources Science

Published by Science Press

Frequency of Publication: Monthly (published in the middle or end of each month)

ISSN 1007-7588

CN 11-3868/N
Pubdate: 2011-11-18    Viewed: 57915