The “Journal of Mountain Science” (ISSN 1672- 6316), started in 2004, is an international English-language journal on mountain sciences. The JMS is sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and is based on the Chengdu Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, CAS and distributed by Springer exclusively throughout the world (excluding Mainland China).

 The Editorial Board members and reviewers are invited from different countries and regions in the world, and the JMS solicits contributions from and is distributed throughout the world. The JMS is a quarterly journal with 4 issues a year, 90 pages per issue.

The Journal of Mountain Science (JMS) is devoted to mountains and their surrounding lowlands—ecoregions of particular global importance, with a particular emphasis on the Tibetan Plateau and its adjacent high mountains, the Himalayas.

The publication mainly publishes academic and technical papers concerning environmental changes and sustainable development in mountain areas under natural conditions or / and with the influence of human activities. The coverage of this journal ranges widely, and generally includes interaction between mountain environmental change and human activities, degradation and restoration of mountain ecosystem, dynamics of debris flows, landslides and soil erosion in mountain areas, watershed management and development, protection on indigenous resources, cultural diversity and wealth, and investigation or standpoint in local economic or socio-cultural issues.

It particularly welcomes the papers on new concepts and new methods deriving from disciplinary, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research, as well as the papers raising key issues and book reviews. Papers, which emphasize the application of new technologies, such as GIS and remote sensing, in mountain research and development are especially welcome.

More information about JMS please find on our website (http://jms.imde.ac.cn/).

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