The Festivus

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The publication was named in honor of a species of carnivorous sea snail which occurs locally: the "Festive Murex", previously known as Murex festivus, and now known as Pteropurpura festiva . [1]

History

The Festivus was established in 1970 as a shell club newsletter edited by Blanche Brewer. Carole Hertz was the second editor, and after 1976, under her guidance, the publication grew and evolved into a scientific journal. The journal was published monthly from January through November each year. In 1984, the journal had a "sleek new look" and obtained an ISSN number. The front page of the January 1985 issue included, for the first time, a list of a Scientific Review Board of nine professional malacologists. By 2006, there were 13 professionals in the Review Board. Fifteen special issues and book-length special supplements were published between 1978 and 2002. [2]

During 1977, an error was made in the volume numbers printed in the journal issues. The first eight issues of 1977 were correctly shown as being part of Volume VIII. However, the last three issues of that year were listed as being part of Volume IX. Despite this error in numbering, there are no "missing issues". [2]

Changes in 2014

In February 2014, it was announced that The Festivus was changing editorship and it would, from that point on, be published quarterly in both electronic and print format. In addition to scientific articles, popular articles of general interest and advertising were to be included. The first quarterly issue was published in May 2014, and for the first time the publication included articles naming new taxa. In 2018, the peer-review board consisted of over twenty professional malacologists worldwide.[ citation needed ] However, some professional malacologists have disputed its peer-review status; [a] a number of new taxa described in its issues by one prolific contributor have subsequently been synonymized, usurped, or otherwise characterized as "taxonomic vandalism". [3]


Special supplements up to 2009

Occasionally, The Festivus has published special issues, and book-like "Special Supplements". [2]

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References

  1. "Pteropurpura (Pteropurpura) festiva". Hardy's Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods. Retrieved 2013-07-11.
  2. 1 2 3 Hertz, J. & Hertz, C. M. (2006). "The Festivus, the making of a scientific journal". The Festivus. 38 (5): 53–57.
  3. 1 2 Páll-Gergely, Barna; Hunyadi, András; Auffenberg, Kurt (March 2020). "TAXONOMIC VANDALISM IN MALACOLOGY: COMMENTS ON MOLLUSCAN TAXA RECENTLY DESCRIBED BY N. N. THACH AND COLLEAGUES (2014–2019)" (PDF). Folia Malacologica. 28 (1): 35–76. doi:10.12657/folmal.028.002. ISSN   2300-7125.

Notes

  1. "Nearly all taxa were described in self-published books and non-peer-reviewed journals." [3]