Diversity and Distributions
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]
| Discipline | Conservation biology, biogeography |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | K.C. Burns, Luca Santini, Aibin Zhan, |
| Publication details | |
Former name(s) | Biodiversity Letters |
| History | 1993-present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Bimonthly |
| 4.092 (2018) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Divers. Distrib. |
| Indexing | |
| CODEN | DIDIFX |
| ISSN | 1366-9516 (print) 1472-4642 (web) |
| LCCN | 98641136 |
| JSTOR | 13669516 |
| OCLC no. | 39848596 |
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2018 resignation of the editorial board
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]
References
- "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.