Waterbird Society

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Journal

The society has published the journal Waterbirds, with the subtitle The International Journal of Waterbird Biology under its current namesake since 1999. Before that, the journal was called the Proceedings of the Colonial Waterbird Group from 1978 to 1980, and then, from 1981 to 1998, the journal was known as Colonial Waterbirds. [1]

In 2013, the journal appointed the first woman Editor-in-Chief in the journal's history. In 2022, the journal appointed the first Editor-in-Chief from outside of North America. [2] The same year, the journal also appointed its first Managing Editor, and the Editor-in-Chief instituted the first formal board of Associate Editors.

The journal has the following standard sections: Research papers and Short communications. In 2022, the Editor-in-Chief started the additional sections, Opinion, From the Field, and changed the cover to include a waterbird species representing one of the papers in that issue. [2] The journal accepts manuscripts via their online portal supported by ScholarOne, and practices double-blind peer review.

The rejection rate of manuscripts submitted to the journal during 2022 was 43%, and time to final decision was 142 days. [3] In 2023, the rejection rate increased to 33%, the days to final decision reduced to 139 days, and the impact factor improved from 0.22 to 0.69. [4]

The Editor-in-Chiefs of the journal (from annual reports of the Waterbird Society) are listed below:

The Publication Committee of the Society selects a paper annually since 2016 towards the "Publication Award for Outstanding Contribution to Conservation".

References

  1. "Waterbirds: The International Journal of Waterbird Biology on JSTOR". www.jstor.org. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  2. 1 2 Sundar, K. S. Gopi (2022). "Editorial: Transitioning editorial boards through a global pandemic". Waterbirds: The International Journal of Waterbird Biology. 45 (1): i–iii.
  3. Sundar, K. S. Gopi (2022). "Editorial: Looking Back While Looking Forward". Waterbirds. 45 (4): i–iii.
  4. Sundar, K. S. Gopi (2023). "Editorial: Summarising 2023 and Some Changes to the Journal" . Waterbirds. 46 (2–4): i–iii. doi:10.1675/063.046.0401. ISSN   1524-4695.