ANKENY, IA — The Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS) is pleased to announce a new partnership with the global academic publisher Taylor & Francis, beginning in January 2025. This collaboration marks an exciting chapter for the multidisciplinary Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (JSWC), enhancing its reach and impact in the conservation field and providing additional benefits for researchers and subscribers.
JSWC has been a leading source of research, practice, policy, and perspectives in the soil and water conservation community for nearly 80 years. Led by Editors J. Arbuckle (Department of Sociology, Iowa State University) and Gretchen Sassenrath (Department of Agronomy, Southeast Research and Extension Center, Kansas State University), the journal publishes broadly on agroecology, forestry, hydrology, soil science, sustainable agriculture systems, wetland conservation, and climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies. By partnering with Taylor & Francis, SWCS aims to improve the journal's accessibility, expand its readership, and continue to ensure publication excellence.
“We are excited to partner with Taylor & Francis,” said Clare Lindahl, CEO of SWCS. “Since our organization’s inception, the dissemination of high-quality natural resource conservation research has been central to our mission, as it is essential for advancing practical conservation efforts. This partnership ensures that crucial conservation knowledge is accessible and reaches a worldwide network of conservation professionals.”
In January 2025, JSWC will be added to Taylor & Francis’s natural resource conservation portfolio and be available to read via Taylor & Francis Online. The partnership will leverage Taylor & Francis’s expertise in scholarly publishing to ensure that the valuable content published in JSWC reaches a wider and more diverse audience. In addition, subscribers and contributors will benefit from assistive technology such as “ReadSpeaker,” training materials on academic research and writing, multimedia formats, and more.
Editor Gretchen Sassenrath stated, “The JSWC Editorial Board looks forward to this upcoming partnership, which promises to increase the reach of natural resource conservation research and foster new opportunities for education and innovation in sustainable practices worldwide.”
The partnership evolved from conversations with KGL Consulting, who assessed the journal’s strengths and played a leading role in facilitating the agreement with Taylor & Francis. The academic publisher is committed to making this a seamless transition for new and returning authors; submissions will continue to be received via JSWC’s submission system.
More information about the partnership will be available in the coming months via SWCS’s website at www.swcs.org. In the meantime, read the journal’s current issue at www.jswconline.org.
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About the Soil and Water Conservation Society: For 79 years, the Soil and Water Conservation Society has been the premier international organization for professionals who practice and advance the science and art of natural resource conservation. SWCS believes sustainable land and water management is essential to the continued security of the earth and its people. SWCS’s goal is to cultivate an organization of informed, dynamic individuals whose contributions create a bright future for agriculture, the environment, and society. SWCS is headquartered in Ankeny, Iowa, with chapters across the United States and Canada.
About Taylor & Francis Group: Taylor & Francis support diverse communities of experts, researchers, and knowledge makers around the world to accelerate and maximize the impact of their work. Publishing across all disciplines, Taylor & Francis and its imprints publish 2,700 journals and partner with more than 700 scholarly societies. Taylor & Francis are proud to be a Global Certified Accessible™ publisher; their operations and all print publications are certified CarbonNeutral®.
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For any questions regarding the journal or this partnership, please email pubs@swcs.org.