Oikos (journal)

Oikos   Discipline Ecology Language English Edited by Tim Benton, Leeds Publication details Publisher Wiley-Blackwell (Denmark) Publication history Since 1949 Frequency Monthly Impact factor 3.147 (2009) Indexing ISSN 0030-1299 Links Journal homepage Oikos Editorial office Oikos is an international scientific journal published monthly by the Nordic Society Oikos in the field of ecology. It was previously known as Acta Oecologica Scandinavica.1 Oikos is published in collaboration with Ecography, Lindbergia, the Journal of Avian Biology, and with the monograph series Ecological Bulletins. The journal impact factor of Oikos is c. 3.147 (2009) making the journal number 35/129 in the Ecology category. The journal eigenfactor is 0.03805(2009), Eigenfactor.org Contents 1 History 2 Topics covered 3 Per Brink Oikos Award 4 Editorial Structure 5 External links 6 Notes History In 1949, Oikos was founded together with the Nordic Society Oikos by a group of Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish and Icelandic ecologists. The purpose was to facilitate communication among scientists in the Nordic countries, which had been isolated from each other during the Second World War and to provide a vehicle for publishing in the growing field of ecology. The journal content should be unbiased with regard to taxonomic group. Later, during the 1970s, the scope was narrowed to studies with relevance to the progress of theory in ecology. Simultaneously, the geographical spread of the authorship was widened. The sister journal Ecography was also established as an outlet for studies with a distinct spatial component. From 1949 to 1977, the journal appeared with one volume partitioned into three issues per year. From 1977 to 1987, two volumes came out per year, and from 1987 three volumes. As a consequence of this expansion, a permanent editorial office was set up at Lund University. In 1949–1975 a number of Oikos supplement volumes were published at irregular intervals. Editors-in-Chief: 2010- Tim Benton, Leeds 2004-2010 Per Lundberg, Lund 1989-2004 Nils Malmer, Lund 1965-1989 Per Brinck, Lund 1949-1965 Christian Overgaard Nielsen, Copenhagen Topics covered Oikos publishes original and innovative research on all aspects of ecology. Emphasis is on theoretical and empirical work aimed at generalization and synthesis across taxa, systems and ecological disciplines. The following topics are covered: Applied Ecology Ecophysiology Behavioral ecology Community ecology Ecosystem ecology Evolutionary Biology Functional Ecology Population ecology Systems ecology Per Brink Oikos Award The Per Brinck Oikos Award recognizes extraordinary and important contributions to the science of ecology. It is delivered in honor of the Swedish ecologist Professor Per Brinck who has played an instrumental role for the development and recognition of the science of ecology in the Nordic countries, especially as serving as the Editor-in-Chief for Oikos for many years. The award is given annually to a world-leading ecologist, nominated by Oikos' subject editors. Editorial Structure Oikos has an international board of subject editors as well as an advisory panel and a publication board. See Editorial Board page for more details. The current Editor-in-Chief is Tim Benton, BA, Oxford, PhD, Cambridge, FSB, FLS, Professor of Population Ecology Institute of Integrative and Comparative Biology, at the University of Leeds. External links Oikos editorial office Oikos Homepage Online Content The Per Brinck Oikos Award Oikos at JSTOR Editor-in-Chief Notes ^ Journal-Title Abbreviations in Old Journals in the Repertorium Veterrimarum Societatum Litterariarum This article about a biology journal is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · d · e