Symposium on High-Quality Development of Academic Journals was Held in Urumqi

From October 17 to 19, the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences (XIEG) held the Symposium on High-Quality Development of Academic Journals—Editorial Board meeting of Journal of Arid Land and Regional Sustainability and Launch Ceremony of Water and Environment.

More than 70 editorial board members, experts, outstanding author representatives, and editors from over 30 universities and research institutions from more than four countries attended the event.

At the opening ceremony, YANG Peiguo, member of executive borad of XIEG, welcomed the attendees and expressed gratitude to board members, reviewers, and authors for their contributions. He noted that journals, as platforms for knowledge dissemination and academic exchange, carry the mission of advancing scientific progress and innovation.

He called for strengthened international cooperation to enhance the journals' global influence, attract high-quality research, and promote interdisciplinary exchange, while continuously improving management and peer review mechanisms to ensure high standards of publication.

DUAN Weili, Deputy Director of XIEG and Editor-in-Chief of Water and Environment, introduced the journal's background, mission, and editorial board structure, and released its inaugural editorial. He emphasized that Water and Environment is dedicated to providing an international platform with a global perspective for research on coupled water-environment systems, covering diverse regions worldwide with particular attention to arid zones, ecologically fragile areas, and transboundary regions.

The journal focuses on water resources, aquatic ecology, soil and water conservation, climate change, land use, ecosystem services, and environmental management. It aims to reveal the mechanisms of regional sustainability within water-environment systems, promote multi-factor coupling and integrated research, and support green development in ecologically fragile regions globally.

The symposium awarded appointment letters to the editor-in-chief, executive editor, associate editors, editorial board members, and young editorial board members, and honored the top ten outstanding papers and outstanding reviewers of Journal of Arid Land and Regional Sustainability.

The symposium also featured academic presentations and a joint editorial board meeting for the three journals.

Group photo of the symposium. (Image by XIEG)

Contact

HUANG Zhuanli

Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography

E-mail: zlhuang@ms.xjb.ac.cn

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