山地研究與開發(fā)的總體任務(wù)是通過支持同行評(píng)審的跨學(xué)科、學(xué)科和跨學(xué)科的山地研究，發(fā)展科學(xué)能力，利用發(fā)展經(jīng)驗(yàn)，促進(jìn)政策對(duì)話，加強(qiáng)山地社區(qū)內(nèi)的網(wǎng)絡(luò)，促進(jìn)山區(qū)的可持續(xù)發(fā)展。山地研究與開發(fā)(MRD)致力于山地及其周邊低地——在全球具有特殊重要性的生態(tài)區(qū)，在這些生態(tài)區(qū)，社區(qū)往往被邊緣化。MRD旨在展示世界山區(qū)系統(tǒng)最新研究和開發(fā)方法的最佳成果。論文經(jīng)過同行評(píng)審，并在國(guó)際和國(guó)內(nèi)提供有關(guān)山區(qū)、山區(qū)人民和山區(qū)可持續(xù)發(fā)展的關(guān)鍵主題的相關(guān)研究;書評(píng)由公認(rèn)的專家撰寫，國(guó)際山地協(xié)會(huì)(IMS)的機(jī)構(gòu)成員提供有關(guān)其山地倡議和優(yōu)先事項(xiàng)的信息。MRD提供了對(duì)其所有內(nèi)容的開放訪問，其原則是讓公眾免費(fèi)獲得研究成果，特別是發(fā)展中國(guó)家，支持更廣泛的全球知識(shí)交流。開放獲取將增加國(guó)際山地社區(qū)之外的讀者數(shù)量，從而增加MRD中提出的可持續(xù)山地發(fā)展經(jīng)驗(yàn)的益處。開放獲取還能提高對(duì)作者作品的認(rèn)可和引用。

The overall mission of Mountain Research and Development is to foster sustainable development in mountains by supporting peer-reviewed interdisciplinary, disciplinary, and transdisciplinary research on mountains, developing scientific capacity, capitalizing on development experiences, promoting policy dialogue, and strengthening networks within the mountain community.Mountain Research and Development (MRD) is devoted to mountains and their surrounding lowlands – ecoregions of particular global importance, in which communities are often marginalized. MRD seeks to present the best in recent research on and development approaches in the world's mountain systems. Papers are peer-reviewed and offer internationally and nationally relevant research on key topics relating to mountains, mountain people, and sustainable development in mountains; book reviews are written by acknowledged experts, and institutional members of the International Mountain Society (IMS) present information about their mountain initiatives and priorities.MRD provides open access to all of its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public, especially to developing countries, supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Open access leads to increased readership beyond the international mountain community, thus increasing the benefit of experience in sustainable mountain development presented in MRD. Open access also results in increased recognition and citation of authors' work.