Journal of Biogeography
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| Discipline | Geography/Ecology |
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Robert J. Whittaker |
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| Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Publication history | 1974–present |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Impact factor (2010) |
4.273 |
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| ISSN | 0305-0270 (print) 1365-2699 (web) |
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The Journal of Biogeography is a peer-reviewed scientific journal in biogeography that was established in 1974. It covers aspects of spatial, ecological, and historical biogeography. The founding editor-in-chief was David Watts, followed by John Flenley and Philip Stott (1987-2004). The current editor is Robert J. Whittaker (University of Oxford).
[edit] Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in Academic Search Premier, AGRICOLA, Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts, Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, CAB Health, CABDirect, CSA Biological Sciences Database, CSA Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management Database, CSA Sustainability Science Abstracts, Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences, GEOBASE, GeoRef, InfoTrac, Science Citation Index, Scopus, and The Zoological Record.[1] According to the Journal Citation Reports, the Journal of Biogeography has a 2009 impact factor of 4.087, ranking it 3rd out of 35 journals in the category "Geography, Physical" and 22nd out of 127 in the category "Ecology".[2]
