GRF is planning a new e-journal with a holistic approach on risk and disaster reduction and on climate change. To make the ejournal a success and make it most useful for you, we asked you for your feedback.

In total, 37 people filled out the questionnaire on the GRF website that was online between beginning of June until middle of July 2009. Most of them answered all the questions and skipped only one to two. Their background varies, but most of them are Scientists, followed by Practitioners or work for an NGO (Fig.1).

Fig. 1: Professional background of the questionnaire respondents

Question 1: How many journals do you read regularly?

Question 2: How many of these are electronic journals?

Question 3: Are you interested in holistic approaches to disaster risk reduction and climate change?

Question 4: What criteria are most important and should be fulfilled by an e-journal?

Question 5: What publication type would you prefer (articles published in issues or singely as soon as they are ready for publication)?

Question 6: In your opinion, what length should the contributions have?

Question 7: Do you use feedback and discussion forums to comment on articles (in other journals)?