Letter to the Editor

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Vol.1, No.2, 9-9 (2013) Advances in Entomology

http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ae.2013.12002

Letter to the Editor

Meera Srivastava

Department of Zoology, Government Dungar College, Bikaner, In dia; [email protected]

Received 10 June 2013; revised 26 August 2013; accepted 1 September 2013

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Dear Editor

Open-access journals are scholarly journals that are

available online to the readers “without financial, legal,

or technical barriers other than those inseparable from

gaining access to the internet itself”. Today, there is muc h

discussion on the advantages and disadvantages of open

access journals amongst scholars and publishers. One may

argue against the OA but a few obvious advantages in-

clude the free access to scientific papers regardless of

affiliation with a subscribing library, lower costs for re-

search in academia and industry, in addition to improv ed

access for the general public and higher citation rates for

the author. Truly speaking, OA is compatible with copy-

right, peer review, revenue, print, preservation, quality,

indexing and many other features and supportive services

associated with conventional Journals. OA provides a

world wide platform for authors and readers within no

time. Besides, OA also increases the visibility and impact,

as data can be easily retrieved. It facilitates full-text s e a r c h -

ing, indexing, mining, summarizing, translating, query-

ing, linking, recommending, alerting, and other forms of

processing and analysis. Above all, OA puts rich and

poor on an equal footing.

Today, insects constitute the largest class not only of

the animal kingdom but also of the whole living world.

It’s hard to imagine, but 95 % of all the animal species on

the earth are insects! Millions of insects can exist in a

single acre of land! Over one million species have been

discovered by scientist, and they think that there might

be ten times that many have not been named yet! Over a

period of several hundred million years, insects as a class,

have acquired many distinctive structural, developmental,

physiological and behavioral perfections which have en-

abled them to occupy this dominant position. Man’s as-

sociation with insects has been right from their primitive

ancestors. Insects are incredibly adaptable creatures and

have evolved to live successfully in most environments

on earth, including deserts, and ev en the Antarctic. These

are directly useful to humans by producing honey, silk,

wax, and other products. They are also important as pol-

linators of crops, natural enemies of pests, scavengers

and food for other creatures. At the same time, insects

are major pests of humans and domesticated animals

because they destroy crops and carry diseases. Each and

every character of insect is very special: the wings, com-

pound eyes, types of mouth parts, tracheal respiration,

communication, types of metamorphosis and above all

the society and division of labour among social insects

showing a much advanced evolution at Arthropod level.

Man has been exploiting them as a research material

right through and, therefore, the launch of this new OA

journal “Advances in Entomology” at this juncture is of

great relevance and significance. The editorial board with

top academic profile will definitely monitor the quality

publishing in all spheres of publication. The researches

published in this Journal will pave the way for young

entomologists working in varied fields associated with

insects. Here they would not only get the latest informa-

tion but could also publish their significant findings! No

doubts a dual benefit and moreover within a click’s

time…!!!