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first Impact Factor (due June 2012) > 2.00 and still counting
Edited by: Birgit Schlick-Steiner, Herbert Zettel, Florian Steiner
Print ISSN: 1994-4136
Online ISSN: 1997-3500
Abbreviation: Myrmecol. News
Frequency: at least once a year
Language: English, German
Current issue: Volume 16 (2012)
Previous name: Myrmecologische Nachrichten
Indexed by: Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences; Google Scholar; Science Citation Index Expanded; Scopus; Zoological Record
Myrmecological News is an independent, international, peer reviewed, non-profit journal. It offers rapid means of publication on all fields of ant research, in a lively mix of research and review articles. Myrmecol. News is printed at least once a year. In the online version articles are published as soon as they are ready.
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>>> Volume 16 published in print [as of 20 January 2012]
Click here for information on how to order the print version of Volume 16
Click here for information on how to order the online version of Myrmecol. News
>>> Four new contributions: [as of 20 January 2012]
A sibling species of Aenictus dentatus Forel, 1911 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from continental Southeast Asia
Jaitrong, W., Yamane, S. & Tasen, W. Check it out
Clarifying naming and identification of the outdoor species of the ant genus Tapinoma Förster, 1850 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Europe north of the Mediterranean region with description of a new species
Seifert, B. Check it out
Myrmica nefaria sp.n. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) – a new social parasite from Himalaya
Bharti, H. Check it out
New trap-jaw ant species of Anochetus Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Philippine Islands, a key and notes on other species
Zettel, H. Check it out
>>> The ten most viewed contributions of the year 2011 are: [as of 9 January 2012]
1. Social parasitism among ants: a review (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Buschinger, A. Check it out
2. Counting ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): biodiversity sampling and statistical analysis for myrmecologists
Gotelli, N.J., Ellison, A.M., Dunn, R.R. & Sanders, N.J. Check it out
3. On the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Philippine Islands: V. The genus Odontomachus Latreille, 1804
Sorger, D.M. & Zettel, H. Check it out
4. The demise of the standard ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Heinze, J. Check it out
5. Integrating molecular phylogenetic results into ant taxonomy (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Ward, P.S. Check it out
6. Biodiversity, species interactions, and functional roles of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in fragmented landscapes: a review
Crist, T.O. Check it out
7. A taxonomic revision of the Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793 group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Seifert, B. & Schultz, R. Check it out
8. The many ways to delimit species: hairs, genes and surface chemistry
Seppä, P., Helanterä, H., Trontti, K., Punttila, P., Chernenko, A., Martin, S.J. & Sundström, L. Check it out
9. Karyotype evolution in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a review of the known ant chromosome numbers
Lorite, P. & Palomeque, T. Check it out
10. Cryptic species in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) revisited: we need a change in the alpha-taxonomic approach
Seifert, B. Check it out
>>> The five most viewed contributions of December 2011 are: [as of 9 January 2012]
1. Molecular phylogeny of the desert ant genus Cataglyphis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Knaden, M., Tinaut, A., Stökl, J., Cerdá, X. & Wehner, R. Check it out
2. Radchenko, A.G. & Elmes, G.W. 2010: Myrmica ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Old World
Markó, B. Check it out
3. The odorous house ant, Tapinoma sessile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), as a new temperate-origin invader
Buczkowski, G. & Krushelnycky, P. Check it out
4. Navigation system of the ant Myrmica rubra (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Cammaerts, M.-C. Check it out
5. On the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Philippine Islands: V. The genus Odontomachus Latreille, 1804
Sorger, D.M. & Zettel, H. Check it out
>>> New tools on Myrmecological News website: [as of 27 June 2011]
Thanks to Per Hoffmann Olsen’s programming efforts, the following three tools now enhance the journal’s online utility:
1) Advanced Search – For streamlined access to all Myrmecol. News content, click here.
2) Citations Export – To view an example of how you can export the citation of any Myrmecol. News contribution to your data base, click here.
3) EndNote Output Style – To facilitate the formatting of references in your manuscript for submission to Myrmecol. News, click here.
>>> Team of Subject Editors formed: [as of 27 June 2011]
These eminent ant researchers (alphabetical order) have joined the editorial team as Subject Editors to help further improve Myrmecological News and to cope with the ever-increasing number of submissions:
Nicholas J. Gotelli
Daniel J.C. Kronauer
Philip J. Lester
Alexander S. Mikheyev
Corrie S. Moreau
Helge Schlüns
To access contact details, click here.
>>> First contribution in "Forum" section: [as of 22 July 2010]
“Forum” provides a venue for communicating constructive points of view and comments, fair criticism, relevant meeting reviews and abstracts of meeting contributions, and reports or announcements of far-reaching importance to the myrmecological community, including logistical aspects.
In the first Forum contribution published, Stefanie Kautz and Corrie Moreau present a meeting review of the 2009 Global Ant Project synthesis meeting.
>>> Impact factor due June 2012 [as of 13 November 2009]
The first Impact Factor for Myrmecological News will be due June 2012. If the aims of Myrmecological News also are your aims, please increase the impact of Myrmecological News in this critical phase by citing its papers in your research. Please note that, should the need arise to cite the abridged name, the only valid abbreviation for our journal’s title is “Myrmecol. News”.
>>> Myrmecological News has been included in Web of Science [as of 13 November 2009]
Inclusion in Web of Science has immensely increased accessibility of the journal's content. Covering about 10,000 high-impact journals worldwide, Web of Science provides access to the world's leading citation databases. Web of Science has over 20 million users in 90 countries.
Acceptance rate for inclusion in Web of Science is about 10% of applications. We’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone who contributed to making our journal’s inclusion in Web of Science possible – authors, referees, members of the editorial advisory board, all those who helped with linguistic revisions, proof reading and other crucial tasks, and of course, those who read and cited research published in our journal.
>>> Myrmecological News has been included in SCOPUS [as of 20 May 2009]
Inclusion in SCOPUS, the largest abstract and citation database of research literature and quality web sources, has significantly increased accessibility of the journal's content
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