Australasian Journal of Herpetology ®
ISSN 1836-5698 (Print), ISSN
1836-5779 (Online).
Published
simultaneously in print and online (online published one month after hard copy print run of at least 50, plus or minus up to a week), it is designed to fill a void in the
scientific literature.
Subjected to a formalized “peer review” process, it is of
high quality and aims to provide in permanent record, important contributions
to the biological sciences. While our
title suggests our core area of interest, we publish important material
relating to other areas of biological science.
Included here
are the subjects of classification,
ecology, legal and captivity, including from regions outside Australasia and
about all living things.
The journal’s
advantages over other publications include the following:
·
Strict
procedures in place to avoid undue censorship of material that may be
unpleasant to vested or powerful interests, enabling publication of quality
material, including of a leading nature that may be refused elsewhere.
·
The “peer
review” process is formalized and effectively restricted to factual correctness
and quality control, enabling authors maximum control over what they publish
and how it appears in final published form.
·
Publication
and distribution in print form to enable strict compliance with the ICZN’s and
other relevant codes and rules.
·
Simultaneous
internet publication and access via a well-known name server (www.herp.net)
to enable the widest possible and most rapid distribution of the work, enabling
rapid dissemination of key outcomes.
·
A
pre-publication process that is open, transparent and allows important work to
be properly published at a speed far quicker than many comparable publications,
including as requested by authors.
·
We also
publish long papers and monographs that may not be published elsewhere or
alternatively are drastically cut short in the editorial process (by removal of
large blocks of relevant data and evidentiary material), thereby reducing
overall quality of material or forcing interested persons to contact authors
post publication seeking extra data.
· Each edition of the journal is numbered simply and sequentially, and often only contains a single paper, making distribution simple and effective in that potential readers are able to obtain only the paper/s that interest them, as opposed to excessive amounts of paperwork that is not read and/or wastes space and resources.
·
There are no
burdensome costs for “subscribers”.
·
The “single
paper per issue” policy enables “issue by issue” changes to font, layout and
other features so as to enable maximum impact of given publications.
·
Print copies
are distributed at low cost as seen on the relevant pages selling copies, until the
first print run is exhausted. In the six years to 2015, sold out issues have been reprinted in lots of 50 in identical form to satisfy demand.
·
Print and
online editions are of identical appearance making citation and the like
elsewhere simple and effective.
·
Publication
size is A4 being the most effective size for reading, copying and distribution,
with general use of fonts and the like designed for maximum results.
·
Our policy of
“simple language when possible” enables authors to target their findings to the
maximum possible audience.
·
While authors
bear print publishing costs, these are levied at around cost and are generally
affordable to all likely contributors.
This enables the use of colour as required giving publications maximum
potential impact or benefit.
·
All published
authors receive pdf copies of their papers a month after publication (plus or minus up to a week) for immediate
dissemination.
·
Save for the
requirements of the work to be original and “new” (see author’s guidelines),
and of factual correctness and integrity of experimental data presented, as
well as quality control, the editors have no vested interests or refusal
policy.
Published
by Kotabi Pty Ltd
PO Box
599,
Doncaster,
Victoria, 3108,
Australia.
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