Six steps to

SCIENTIFIC WRITING AND PUBLISHING

Peter G.H. Evans

Sea Watch Foundation &

School of Ocean Sciences, University of Bangor

ECS Student Workshop, Liège, Belgium, Sat 5 April 2014

Where to Publish:

– Journals & their

Impact Factors

MARINE MAMMAL JOURNALS

• Journal of Cetacean Research

& ManagementImpact Factor n/a

• Aquatic MammalsImpact Factor 0.70

• JMBA Special IssueImpact Factor 1.02

• Marine Mammal ScienceImpact Factor 2.13

MARINE BIOLOGICAL JOURNALS

• Marine Biodiversity RecordsImpact Factor n/a

• Journal of the Marine Biological

Association of the UKImpact Factor 1.02

• Marine Environmental ResearchImpact Factor 2.34

• Marine BiologyImpact Factor 2.47

• Marine Ecology Progress SeriesImpact Factor 2.55

OTHER MARINE & FISHERIES JOURNALS

• Fishery BulletinImpact Factor 1.14

• Marine & Freshwater ResearchImpact Factor 1.98

• ICES Journal of Marine ScienceImpact Factor 2.28

• Canadian Journal of Fisheries

& Aquatic SciencesImpact Factor 2.32

• Deep-Sea ResearchImpact Factor 2.82

ECOLOGICAL JOURNALS

• Ecological ApplicationsImpact Factor 3.82

• Journal of Applied EcologyImpact Factor 4.74

• Journal of Animal EcologyImpact Factor 4.84

• Methods in Ecology & EvolutionImpact Factor 5.92

• Trends in Ecology and EvolutionImpact Factor 15.39

• Ecology LettersImpact Factor 17.95

BEHAVIOUR JOURNALS

• BehaviourImpact Factor 1.66

• Behavioural Ecology

& SociobiologyImpact Factor 2.75

• Animal BehaviourImpact Factor 3.07

• Behavioural EcologyImpact Factor 3.22

CONSERVATION JOURNALS

• Aquatic ConservationImpact Factor 1.92

• Endangered Species ResearchImpact Factor 2.26

• Marine Pollution BulletinImpact Factor 2.63

• Animal ConservationImpact Factor 2.69

• Biological ConservationImpact Factor 3.79

• Conservation BiologyImpact Factor 4.35

GENETICS JOURNALS

• Conservation GeneticsImpact Factor 2.18

• Journal of Evolutionary BiologyImpact Factor 3.48

• HeredityImpact Factor 4.11

• GeneticsImpact Factor 4.39

• EvolutionImpact Factor 4.86

ACOUSTICS JOURNALS

• BioacousticsImpact Factor 0.89

• Applied AcousticsImpact Factor 1.10

• Environmental Monitoring and

AssessmentImpact Factor 1.59

• Journal of the Acoustical Society

of AmericaImpact Factor 1.65

• Journal of Experimental BiologyImpact Factor 3.24

TOXICOLOGY & PATHOLOGY JOURNALS

• Journal of Wildlife DiseasesImpact Factor 1.27

• Veterinary RecordImpact Factor 1.80

• Veterinary PathologyImpact Factor 1.93

• Environmental Toxicology

& ChemistryImpact Factor 2.62

• Environmental Health PerspectivesImpact Factor 7.24

MORE GENERAL JOURNALS - 1

• MammaliaImpact Factor 0.81

• Canadian Journal of ZoologyImpact Factor 1.50

• Journal of ZoologyImpact Factor 2.04

• Journal of MammalogyImpact Factor 2.31

• Mammal ReviewImpact Factor 3.42

• PLoS OneImpact Factor 3.73

MORE GENERAL JOURNALS - 2

• Biology LettersImpact Factor 3.35

• Proceedings of the Royal Society BImpact Factor 5.68

• Proceedings of the National

Academy of Sciences of the USAImpact Factor 9.74

• PLOS BiologyImpact Factor 12.69

• ScienceImpact Factor 31.03

• NatureImpact Factor 38.60

Good Luck!!!