African Invertebrates Explained

Discipline:Zoology, paleontology, systematics
Abbreviation:Afr. Invertebr.
Formernames:Annals of the Natal Government Museum, Annals of the Natal Museum
Editor:John Midgley
Publisher:Pensoft Publishers on behalf of the KwaZulu-Natal Museum
Country:South Africa
History:1906–present
Frequency:Biannual
Impact:0.36
Impact-Year:2020
Openaccess:Yes
License:CC-BY-4.0
Website:https://africaninvertebrates.pensoft.net/
Link1:https://africaninvertebrates.pensoft.net/articles
Link1-Name:Online access
Link2:https://africaninvertebrates.pensoft.net/issues
Link2-Name:Online archive
Issn:1681-5556
Eissn:2305-2562
Lccn:2002229168
Oclc:48877367
Coden:ANMUA9

African Invertebrates is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal that covers the taxonomy, systematics, biogeography, ecology, conservation, and palaeontology of Afrotropical invertebrates, whether terrestrial, freshwater, or marine. It is published by Pensoft Publishers on behalf of the KwaZulu-Natal Museum and the editor-in-chief is John M. Midgley (KwaZulu-Natal Museum).

History

The journal was established in 1906 as the Annals of the Natal Government Museum and after 1910 renamed to Annals of the Natal Museum.[1] In 1989, the journal stopped publishing archaeological and anthropological papers, which was split of to a new journal, the Natal Museum Journal of Humanities (later: Southern African Humanities), while the Annals of the Natal Museum were restricted to the natural sciences.[1] The journal obtained its name in 2001 when its scope was limited to the study of invertebrates.[1]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2016 impact factor of 0.622.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Stuckenberg . B.R. . Mostovski . M.B. . 2006 . The Natal Museum and its journals: celebrating a century of publication, 1906–2005 . African Invertebrates . 47 . 1 . 1–9 . 2010-12-16.
  2. Book: 2017 . African Invertebrates . 2016 Journal Citation Reports . . Science . Web of Science. Journal Citation Reports .