%0 Journal Article %T Geosciences: An Open Access Journal on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Their Interdisciplinary Approaches %A Jesus Martinez-Frias %J Geosciences %D 2011 %I MDPI AG %R 10.3390/geosciences1010001 %X On behalf of the Editorial Board and the editorial management staff of MDPI, it is my great pleasure to introduce this new journal Geosciences. Geosciences is an international, peer-reviewed open access journal, which publishes original papers, rapid communications, technical notes and review articles, and discussions about all interdisciplinary aspects of the earth and planetary sciences. Geosciences may also include papers presented at scientific conferences (proceedings) or articles on a well defined topic assembled by individual editors or organizations/institutions (special publications). %U http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/1/1/1