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Published jointly by the KwaZulu-Natal Museum and Pensoft, the journal covers the taxonomy, systematics, biology, biogeography, ecology, conservation and palaeontology of Afrotropical invertebrates.
African Invertebrates is an international peer-reviewed journal that covers the taxonomy, systematics, biology, biogeography, ecology, conservation and palaeontology of Afrotropical invertebrates, whether terrestrial, freshwater or marine, published jointly by the Council of the KwaZulu-Natal Museum and Pensoft Publishers. A printed version of the journal is produced twice a year. All contributions are published in English (British Standard), with an option to add an abstract in any other language that uses Latin or Cyrillic alphabet. When preparing manuscripts, authors are encouraged to make use of extensive holdings of the KwaZulu-Natal Museum and other South African museums and collections, and to deposit holotypes (paratypes) and voucher specimens in recognised South African institutions.
Q4: Paleontology
Q3: Zoology
Q2: Animal Science and Zoology
Q2: Paleontology
Q2: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Formerly the “Journal of the Swiss Entomological Society”, the journal focuses on insects and occasionally other arthropods from mountainous regions from around the world.
Alpine Entomology
Alpine Entomology publishes original research articles, reviews and short communications on insects and other arthropods from mountainous regions all over the world. Published articles may cover a diversity of topics, including taxonomy, phylogenetics, behavior, ecology, conservation and biogeography, provided that article content enhances current understanding of entomological fauna in mountainous areas. Studies using altitudinal gradients to investigate community structure and ecosystem processes anywhere across the globe are welcome. Upon request, larger monographs or special issues may also be published.
Alpine Entomology, in print since 2017, is the journal of the Swiss Entomological Society (formerly the “Journal of the Swiss Entomological Society”, published from 1862 to 2016). Alpine Entomology is an open access journal, available both online and in print. The journal primarily publishes papers in English; however, manuscripts in German, French and Italian are also welcome, provided that they contain an English translation of the abstract. Members of the Swiss Entomological Society receive a printed copy of the year’s volume.
You can find previous volumes of the journal here.
Q3: Agricultural and Biological Sciences: Insect Science
Q3: Animal Science and Zoology
Q3: Environmental Science: Ecology
Designed to accelerate publishing, dissemination and sharing of biodiversity data, this journal is the first to offer integrated publication of narrative and data within the article content.
Biodiversity Data Journal (BDJ) is a community peer-reviewed, open access journal, designed to accelerate publishing, dissemination and sharing of biodiversity-related data of any kind. All structural elements of the articles – text, morphological descriptions, occurrences, data tables, etc. – are treated and stored as data.
The journal publishes papers in biodiversity science containing taxonomic, floristic/faunistic, morphological, genomic, phylogenetic, ecological or environmental data on any taxon of any geological age from any part of the world. BDJ aims at integrating data and narrative in the article content to the maximum extent possible. Supplementary data files that underpin graphs, hypotheses and results should also be published with the article or deposited in trusted open access data repositories. The journal provides rich biodiversity data import and export facilities through the ARPHA Writing Tool and Darwin Core Archives.
Q3: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Q2: Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Q2: Animal Science and Zoology
Q3: Insect Science
Q2: Plant Science
Established to cater to the needs of biodiversity conservation, the journal publishes papers on the geographic distribution of species and higher taxonomic groups.
Check List is a peer-reviewed, open access, on-line journal devoted to publishing Annotated List of Species, Notes on Geographic Distribution of one or a few species, and Distribution Summary of a taxonomic group. These data are essential for studies on biogeography and provide a baseline for the conservation of biodiversity as a whole. The first step to undertaking effective conservation action is to understand species’ geographic distribution. Check List was established to cater to this need by publishing papers on the geographic distribution of species and higher taxonomic groups.
Q4: Zoology
Q3: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Q3: Animal Science and Zoology
Q3: Insect Science
Q3: Plant Science
This journal publishes original research on all aspects of plant, fungal and animal cytogenetics, karyosystematics, molecular systematics and genomics.
Comparative Cytogenetics is a peer-reviewed, open access, online journal, launched to accelerate research on all aspects of plant, fungal and animal cytogenetics, and genomics. It publishes articles of high scientific quality reporting comprehensive research on descriptions and photos of karyotypes, characteristics of mitosis and meiosis, mechanisms of sex determination, reproductive biology, gametogenesis, molecular systematics, comparative genomics, and taxonomic conclusions.
Q3: Plant Sciences
Q3: Zoology
Q3: Biotechnology
Q4: Genetics
Q3: Plant Science
Q3: Insect Science
Research Papers, Review Papers, Forum Papers, Data Papers, Software Descriptions, Editorials, Correspondences, Corrigenda, Monographs
Back issues of volume 1 to 3 (2007-2009) are available here
Among the World’s oldest titles of systematic Entomology, this journal focuses on the systematics, taxonomy, phylogeny and comparative morphology, and biogeography of insects.
Founded in 1857 as Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift (DEZ) is one of the World’s oldest international journals in systematic Entomology. It publishes original research papers in English on the systematics, taxonomy, phylogeny, comparative morphology, and biogeography of insects. Other arthropods are also considered where of relevance to the biology of insects. The geographical scope of the journal is worldwide. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift is dedicated to provide an open access, high-quality forum to contribute to the documentation of insect species, their distribution, their properties, and their phylogenetic relationships. All submitted manuscripts are subject to peer-review by the leading specialists for the respective topic. The journal is published in open access high-resolution PDF, semantically enriched HTML and machine-readable XML versions.
Edited by the Leibniz Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversitätswandels, this life science journal focuses on whole-organism biology and collection-related research.
EVOLUTIONARY SYSTEMATICS
An International Journal of Collection-based Research
Evolutionary Systematics (formerly Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut), edited and co-published by the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change and Pensoft Publishers is an international, peer-reviewed, life science journal, devoted to whole-organism biology. It mainly publishes original research and review articles in the field of metazoan taxonomy, biosystematics, evolution, morphology, development and biogeography at all taxonomic levels. Its scope encompasses primary information from collection-related research, for example taxonomic descriptions and discoveries, revisions, annotated type catalogues, aspects of the history of science, and contributions on new methods and principles of systematics. Articles whose main topic is ecology, functional anatomy, physiology, or ethology are only acceptable when of clear systematic or evolutionary relevance and perspective. Review articles and contributions to a discussion forum are welcome, but authors are asked to contact the editors beforehand.
Q2: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Q2: Insect Science
Research article, Review article, Editorial, Corrigendum
This journal of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin publishes studies in all areas of palaeontology including taxonomy and systematics of all fossil organisms, biostratigraphy, palaeoecology, palaeobiology, and evolution.
Fossil Record is the international, peer-reviewed palaeontological journal of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin. It publishes original papers about all taxonomic groups and in all areas of palaeontology including the taxonomy and systematics of fossil organisms, biostratigraphy, palaeoecology, and evolution. Fossil Record publishes specimen-based research if the results are placed in a wider context or analysis being relevant for a wider audience and particularly encourages publication of studies applying analytical methods in the field of palaeobiology.
Launched by the International Society of Hymenopterists, this journal focuses on all aspects of the study of Hymenoptera: biology, ecology, systematics, taxonomy, genetics, and morphology.
Journal of Hymenoptera Research publishes papers of high scientific quality reporting comprehensive research on all aspects of Hymenoptera, including biology, behavior, ecology, systematics, taxonomy, genetics, and morphology. Taxonomic papers describing single species are acceptable if the species has economic importance or provides new data on the biology or evolution of the genus or higher taxon. Manuscript length generally should not exceed 50 typed pages; however, no upper limit on length is set for papers of exceptional quality and importance, including taxonomic monographs at generic or higher level.
The journal is published on behalf of the International Society of Hymenopterists (www.hymenopterists.org).
Q2: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Q1: Animal Science and Zoology
The Orthopterists’ Society’s journal publishes a range of biological research on the insect order Orthoptera as well as Blattodea, Mantodea, Phasmatodea, Grylloblattodea, Mantophasmatodea and Dermaptera.
The Journal of Orthoptera Research (JOR) is the open access, peer-reviewed journal of the Orthopterists’ Society. JOR publishes work on the insect order Orthoptera and its allies, Blattodea, Mantodea, Phasmatodea, Grylloblattodea, Mantophasmatodea and Dermaptera. Its goal is the dissemination of ideas and insights arising from the study of these insects. Papers published cover a range of biological studies of these insects including their diversity, conservation, and the control and management of pest species. Acceptable studies fall within the disciplines of cytology, biological control, morphology, physiology, parasitology, endocrinology, behavior, ecology, systematics, biogeography and taxonomy. The journal encourages comprehensive and synthetic papers and those utilizing modern techniques. Case studies of interesting phenomena are also appropriate, as long as they are contextualized in terms of their significance to orthopterology and entomology in general. Alongside original research, JOR also publishes review articles, short communications, and articles focusing on policy and management of Orthoptera. Two issues are printed annually, and members of the Orthopterists’ Society publish free (excluding color signature fees for images to be printed in color).
Orthopterists’ Society Orthoptera Species File Online
Q2: Animal Science and Zoology
Q2: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Publishing across disciplines dealing with biological invasions, the journal accepts papers on the ecology, evolution and biogeography of non-indigenous aquatic and terrestrial species.
NeoBiota is a peer-reviewed, open access, online journal launched to accelerate research on alien species and biological invasions: aquatic and terrestrial, animals, plants, fungi and micro-organisms. The journal is a continuation of the former NEOBIOTA publication series. NeoBiota publishes papers across all disciplines interested in biological invasions, specifically on the ecology, evolution and biogeography of non-indigenous aquatic and terrestrial animals, plants, fungi and micro-organisms, on mechanisms that drive the introduction, establishment and spread of these species, on ecological, evolutionary, economic and other consequences of biological invasions, and on the management of invasions in any part of the world. The journal also strongly encourages papers on ethical, social, legal and policy issues related to biological invasions.
Q1: Ecology
Q1: Aquatic Science
Q1: Ecological Modeling
Q1: Ecology
Q1: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Q1: Insect Science
Q1: Plant Science
Neotropical Biology and Conservation is an open-access, peer-reviewed, scientific journal. It publishes original research articles on the description, analysis and conservation of the biological diversity with emphasis on the Neotropical region.
Neotropical Biology and Conservation is an open-access, peer-reviewed, scientific journal. It welcomes research on ecology, behaviour, biogeography, evolution, and systematics of all types of Neotropical organisms, either native or introduced, and related environmental aspects. Studies that demonstrate the application of conservation principles for natural resource management and policy are most welcome. Neotropical Biology and Conservation is published four times a year.
Q4: Ecology
Q4: Zoology
Q3: Insect Science
Q3: Animal Science and Zoology
Q3: Plant Science
Q3: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Research Articles, Short Communications, Commentaries, Review Articles
Published for the Societas Europaea Lepidopterologica (SEL), the journal focuses mainly on the taxonomy, morphology, phylogenetics, biogeography, and ecology of Lepidoptera.
Nota Lepidopterologica is the peer-reviewed journal of the Society for European Lepidopterology (SEL) published by Pensoft. The journal was founded in 1977 and publishes original research papers on taxonomy, morphology/anatomy, phylogenetics, biogeography, ecology, behaviour, conservation, and natural history of Lepidoptera, but also on any other aspects of lepidopterology. The journal is devoted mostly but not exclusively to Palaearctic Lepidoptera. Comprehensive studies in any of the above-mentioned areas are given preference over studies with a very limited scope. However, we also invite short contributions on important topics, such as invasive taxa, new records for large geographical areas, and other similar aspects. All papers are published in English. All submitted manuscripts are subject to peer-review by the leading specialists for the respective topic.
Q3: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Q3: Insect Science
Published for the International Society for Subterranean Biology (SIBIOS-ISSB), the journal publishes original research on all aspects of subterranean ecosystems and their biota.
Subterranean Biology is an international journal published by Pensoft on behalf of the International Society for Subterranean Biology (SIBIOS-ISSB). It publishes original research on all aspects of subterranean ecosystems and their components focusing on biology, ecology, evolution and conservation.
Q2: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Q2: Nature and Landscape Conservation
Q2: Soil Science
Launched to support free exchange of ideas, data and information in all branches zoology, our flagship journal is among the most technologically advanced titles in its field.
ZooKeys is a peer-reviewed, open access, online and print, rapidly published journal, launched to support free exchange of ideas, data and information in all branches of Zoology. It is one of the most dynamic, innovative and technologically advanced scholarly journals in its field. Zookeys was the first to implement semantic tagging and enhancements of content since the publication of its issue 50 in 2010. Currently, ZooKeys takes second place in the Index of Organism Names among the top 10 journals publishing the greatest number of new taxa in Zoology.
Q2: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Q1: Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Q1: Insect Science
Q1: Paleontology
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