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Homepage funded by Beate Lattanzi-Schödl & Alexander Schödl, in honour of their brother, Stefan Schödl, 1957-2005, Editor of Myrmecological News, 1999-2005
now included in Web of Science
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 12 (2009)
Previous name: Myrmecologische Nachrichten
Indexed by: Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences; 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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>>> The five most viewed contributions of February 2010 are: [as of 1 March 2010]
1. Karyotype evolution in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a review of the known ant chromosome numbers
Lorite, P. & Palomeque, T. Check it out
2. Social parasitism among ants: a review (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Buschinger, A. Check it out
3. Biodiversity, species interactions, and functional roles of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in fragmented landscapes: a review
Crist, T.O. Check it out
4. A taxonomic revision of the Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793 group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Seifert, B. & Schultz, R. Check it out
5. What are social insects telling us about aging?
Parker, J.D. Check it out
>>> Three new contributions published Online Earlier: [as of 25 February 2010]
What are social insects telling us about aging?
Parker, J.D. Check it out
First record of Lasius paralienus Seifert, 1992 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from France and Andorra
Bernadou, A., Galkowski, C., Le Goff, A., Fourcassié, V. & Espadaler, X. Check it out
Heterick, B.E. 2009: A guide to the ants of south-western Australia. - Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 76: 1-206.
Shattuck, S.O. Check it out
>>> The ten most viewed contributions of the year 2009 are: [as of 1 January 2010]
1. Biodiversity, species interactions, and functional roles of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in fragmented landscapes: a review
Crist, T.O. Check it out
2. Advances in insect preparation: bleaching, clearing and relaxing ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Stüben, M. & Linsenmair, K.E. Check it out
3. Hölldobler, B. & Wilson, E.O. 2008: The Superorganism: the beauty, elegance and strangeness of insect societies: - W.W. Norton and Company, New York, 576 pp.
Seal, J.N. Check it out
4. Social parasitism among ants: a review (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Buschinger, A. Check it out
5. The demise of the standard ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Heinze, J. Check it out
6. First record of the slave-maker ant Harpagoxenus sublaevis (Nylander, 1849) from Bulgaria (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Antonova, V. Check it out
7. A taxonomic revision of the Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793 group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Seifert, B. & Schultz, R. Check it out
8. Leptothorax athabasca sp.n. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Alberta, Canada, an ant with an apparently restricted range
Buschinger, A. & Schulz, A. Check it out
9. Cryptic species in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) revisited: we need a change in the alpha-taxonomic approach
Seifert, B. Check it out
10. Individual and collective cognition in ants and other insects (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Dornhaus, A. & Franks, N.R. Check it out
>>> Menu item "Citations" discontinued [as of 1 January 2010]
Following inclusion of Myrmecological News in SCOPUS and Web of Science, the menu item "Citations" has now been discontinued - please use SCOPUS and/or Web of Science for following up citations of papers published in Myrmecological News.
>>> Ross Crozier passed away [as of 13 November 2009]
Yesterday, 12 November 2009, Ross Crozier passed away. Ross was one of the very great myrmecologists. Please find an obituary here.
Not only will Ross live on through his scientific opus but also through the many people he touched and influenced as a person.
Ross, You will be sorely missed and gratefully remembered!
>>> 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.
>>> Impact factor due June 2011 [as of 13 November 2009]
The first Impact Factor for Myrmecological News will be due June 2011. 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”.
>>> Volume 12 published in print [as of 8 September 2009]
Click here for information on how to order the print version of Volume 12
Click here for information on how to order the online version of Myrmecol. News
>>> First Focus article: [as of 29 June 2009]
Focus is a recently established type of contributions. Focus articles succinctly communicate points of view, ideas, thoughts or perspectives of outstanding interest, inspiring and reasonable suggestions of research avenues, or fair criticism. The first Focus article, by A.T. Beckenbach, intends to increase awareness of various pseudogenes and encourages to report pseudogenes when they are encountered. Check it out
>>> 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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