Diversity and Distributions is a bimonthly peer-reviewedscientific journal on conservationbiogeography. It was established in 1993 as Biodiversity Letters. The journal covers the applications of biogeographical principles, theories, and analyses to problems concerning the conservation of biodiversity. The editors-in-chief are K.C. Burns, Luca Santini, and Aibin Zhan, who took over from Janet Franklin in 2019. After over two decades as editor-in-chief, David M. Richardson stepped down from the role in December 2015. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2018 impact factor of 4.092, ranking it 2nd out of 37 journals in the category "Biodiversity Conservation"[1] and 20th out of 134 journals in the category "Ecology".[2]
A majority of the editorial board of the journal resigned in 2018 after Wiley allegedly blocked the publication of a letter protesting the publisher's decision to make the journal entirely open access.[3]
^Marcus, Adam (28 November 2018). "Majority of journal's editorial board resigns after publisher's handling of letter about move to open access". Retraction Watch.
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diversity, distributions, bimonthly, peer, reviewed, scientific, journal, conservation, biogeography, established, 1993, biodiversity, letters, journal, covers, applications, biogeographical, principles, theories, analyses, problems, concerning, conservation, . Diversity and Distributions is a bimonthly peer reviewed scientific journal on conservation biogeography It was established in 1993 as Biodiversity Letters The journal covers the applications of biogeographical principles theories and analyses to problems concerning the conservation of biodiversity The editors in chief are K C Burns Luca Santini and Aibin Zhan who took over from Janet Franklin in 2019 After over two decades as editor in chief David M Richardson stepped down from the role in December 2015 According to the Journal Citation Reports the journal has a 2018 impact factor of 4 092 ranking it 2nd out of 37 journals in the category Biodiversity Conservation 1 and 20th out of 134 journals in the category Ecology 2 Diversity and DistributionsDisciplineConservation biology biogeographyLanguageEnglishEdited byK C Burns Luca Santini Aibin Zhan Publication detailsFormer name s Biodiversity LettersHistory1993 presentPublisherJohn Wiley amp SonsFrequencyBimonthlyImpact factor4 092 2018 Standard abbreviationsISO 4 alt Bluebook alt1 alt2 NLM alt MathSciNet alt ISO 4Divers Distrib IndexingCODEN alt alt2 JSTOR alt LCCN alt MIAR NLM alt ScopusCODENDIDIFXISSN1366 9516 print 1472 4642 web LCCN98641136JSTOR13669516OCLC no 39848596LinksJournal homepage Online access Online archive2018 resignation of the editorial board editA majority of the editorial board of the journal resigned in 2018 after Wiley allegedly blocked the publication of a letter protesting the publisher s decision to make the journal entirely open access 3 References edit Journals Ranked by Impact Biodiversity Conservation 2018 Journal Citation Reports Web of Science Science ed Clarivate Analytics 2019 Journals Ranked by Impact Ecology 2018 Journal Citation Reports Web of Science Science ed Clarivate Analytics 2019 Marcus Adam 28 November 2018 Majority of journal s editorial board resigns after publisher s handling of letter about move to open access Retraction Watch External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Diversity and Distributions amp oldid 1151908961, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
