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| Myrmecological News | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviated title | Myrmecol. News |
| Discipline | Myrmecology |
| Language | English, German |
| Edited by | Birgit Schlick-Steiner |
| Publication details | |
| Publisher | Austrian Society of Entomofaunistics (AUT) |
| Frequency | at least once a year |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 1994-4136 |
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Myrmecological News is an international, non-profit, scientific journal devoted to ant research. In a mix of research and review articles, all fields of myrmecology are covered. Manuscripts are reviewed by at least two independent expert referees prior to acceptance. Primary editorial decisions are made within four weeks after submission for 90 % of all manuscripts.
In detail, research areas covered by Myrmecological News (published and commissioned contributions) include:
- behaviour
- biogeography
- checklists and faunistics
- cognition and learning
- comparative morphology
- community ecology
- conservation biology and bioindication
- cytogenetics
- ecology and evolution of symbioses
- fragmentation ecology
- interspecific hybridisation
- invasion biology
- methodology in community quantification
- neurobiology
- niche ecology
- phenology
- phylogeny and phylogeography
- sensory physiology
- signal chemistry
- social evolution
- social parasitism
- systematics and taxonomy
- tools for routine identification
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[edit] Editorial Information
Editors
- Birgit C. SCHLICK-STEINER (Editor-In-Chief)
- Florian M. STEINER, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
- Herbert ZETTEL, Natural History Museum, Vienna, Austria
Advisory Board
- Barry BOLTON, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
- Jacobus J. BOOMSMA, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
- Alfred BUSCHINGER, Reinheim, Germany
- Daniel CHERIX, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
- Ross H. CROZIER, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
- Diane W. DAVIDSON, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
- Jacques H.C. DELABIE, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Itabuna, Brazil
- Katsuyuki EGUCHI, Nagasaki City, Japan
- Xavier ESPADALER, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
- Bert HÖLLDOBLER, University of Arizona, Tempe, USA
- Vladilen E. KIPYATKOV, St. Petersburg State University, Russia
- Zhanna REZNIKOVA, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
- Michael J. SAMWAYS, University of Stellenbosch, Matieland, South Africa
- Bernhard SEIFERT, State Museum of Natural History Görlitz, Germany
- Philip S. WARD, University of California at Davis, USA
[edit] Publisher
The Austrian Society of Entomofaunistics (ÖGEF) is a scientific non-profit organisation promoting entomofaunistic research, with a geographic emphasis on Austria and the Palaearctic. Other publications: Beiträge zur Entomofaunistik. Details on ÖGEF can be found at the society's homepage: [1]
[edit] Recent developments
- Extended Advisory Board.–Myrmecological News now has a total of fifteen eminent scientists from all continents that span practically all subfields of myrmecology "on board".
- Scope now covers all biogeographic zones.–Myrmecological News now accepts manuscripts on any ant topic from any part of the globe. Unfortunately, page charges still apply as sales of Myrmecological News do not cover the production costs, even though all editorial work is performed honorarily. The publisher, the Austrian Society of Entomofaunistics (ÖGEF), can sponsor articles which deal with the Palaearctic Region or with general myrmecological aspects, but due to their statutes cannot extend sponsoring to other faunal regions. However, all students and any authors from developing countries can apply for exemption from page charges.
[edit] Scheduled developments
- Publication of volume 11 scheduled for mid 2008.–The concerted effort of authors, referees, board members, and editors makes June or July 2008 a realistic date for print publication of volume 11.
- Web of Science evaluation starts in July 2008.–Volume 11 will be the first of the three consecutive volumes evaluated for inclusion in the Web of Science. An inclusion will increase the accessibility of articles and will continue to signal the quality of science published to the entire community. However, in times of multinational professional publishers and increased competitiveness this is not easily achieved. Currently, in an intensified interplay between authors, referees, the board, and the editors the preparations for the application are being finalised, to make the journal even stronger for the application and to maximize the chance of success.
- New face for homepage planned.–The homepage of Myrmecological News presently is being renewed. The extended, streamlined version will offer a series of new facilities, see below. Presently, the editors prepare the technical and organisational grounds for those features.
- Online-Early planned.–From early 2008 Myrmecological News plans to offer an Online-Early publication service: fully edited and proof-read articles will be published online as soon as they are ready. Articles published Online-Early will not be changed after their online publication and will be printed identically. Under the current version of the ICZN, online publications per se are not taxonomically significant and authors of publications that ensue changes of zoological nomenclature will thus be able to opt for holding back the online publication of their contributions until the date of the print publication.
- Subscription of online version planned.–Myrmecological News presently offers free viewing of the non-printable PDF files of all articles online, but to obtain access to the printable PDF files of all articles, subscription will be necessary. By subscribing the online version users will obtain access to the printable PDF files of all articles of all volumes online.
- Sign-up system for E-alert planned.–An online form will be accessible through the journal’s homepage. To receive an E-mail whenever new articles are published Online-Early or print volumes are out, it will simply be necessary to provide an E-mail address online.
- Digitisation of back volumes to be finished by March 2008.–Volumes 1 to 5 are currently being converted to PDF format and will be available online by March 2008.
