Geoscience e-Journals
Encyclopedia
Geoscience e-Journals is an academic portal that includes 54 Open Access electronic journals (Societies', Museums' or independent journals), all dealing with geosciences. Most journals grouped under this aegis give a free and full access to their contents (except for one journal that has an embargo period). Some are electronic only, others are hybrid: available in paper-printed versions or in CD or DVD versions.
; it was converted into a portal on April 15, 2006. This facility was made possible thanks to the joint efforts of the RedIRIS
, Madrid, Spain, and the Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, France.
History
Geoscience e-Journals was originally a web ring launched on March 27, 2003, by Bruno GranierBruno Granier
Bruno R.C. Granier is "professeur de seconde classe" of geology at the university of Brest ....
; it was converted into a portal on April 15, 2006. This facility was made possible thanks to the joint efforts of the RedIRIS
RedIRIS
RedIRIS is the national research and education network for Spain. It is part of Red.es, which also administers and oversees the .es national Top-level domain. Most Spanish universities and research centers are interconnected through RedIRIS, currently totalling about 260 institutions...
, Madrid, Spain, and the Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, France.