OK, this is from the perspective of a librarian who manages subscriptions to this kind of online material all day every day. (That would be me.) Springer is the real thing, as a publisher, one of the most serious names in scientific publishing. All I know about this journal particularly is what they say at the site:
Aims and scope
"Diminishing energy and non-renewable resources, toxic wastes, loss of agricultural land and potable water supplies are key concerns shared by industry, governmental leaders and environmental professionals. The conflict of interests and goals that was once a gap is now bridged by
The Environmentalist. This journal acts as a catalyst for environmental education, identifying available educational opportunities, and providing necessary guidelines and the missing framework for defining the more viable management mechanisms useful to industry, governmental policy-makers and environmental professionals.
"The Environmentalist publishes the critical but constructive views of both industrialists and ecologists, through challenging guest editorials, in-depth articles, interviews and news and comments columns. The Environmentalist contains elements applicable to the education and training of mankind at one level or the other, be it formal or non-formal schooling, specialist training, retraining of decision makers or communication to the public at large."
Well, it's definitely "soft" as a science journal. Certainly an odd place to put an article purporting to provide a basic argument about "therm*te" or its ilk. Here is the editorial board, with lots of Guelphers (Guelphians? Guelphomatics?):
The Environmentalist
Co-Editor-in-Chief: J.T. Trevors; P.G. Kevan
ISSN: 0251-1088 (print version)
ISSN: 1573-2991 (electronic version)
Journal no. 10669
Springer US
Online version available
Online First articles available
Description
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Editorial Board
Editorial Board
Co-Editors-in-Chief:
Peter G. Kevan
Depts. of Environmental Biology & Botany, University of Guelph, ON, Canada
Jack T. Trevors
Dept. of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph, ON, Canada
Associate Editorial and Advisory Board:
Ernesto I. Badano,
Puebla, Mexico;
F.J. Egea González,
Almeria, Spain;
Marc Habash,
Guelph, ON, Canada;
M. Kassas,
Giza, Egypt;
Jonathan Knight,
Berkshire, UK;
M. Lisowski,
Charleston, IL, USA;
J.W.S. Longhurst,
Bristol, UK;
H.F. Ludwig,
Bangkok, Thailand;
J.F. Potter,
Guildford, UK;
G. Rees,
Farnborough, UK;
P. Sibley,
Guelph, ON, Canada;
U.E. Simonis,
Berlin, Germany;
M. Pugh Thomas,
Liverpool, UK; V.G. Thomas,
Guelph, ON, Canada;
D. Waite,
Regina, SK, Canada
