The ''Journal of Ornithology'' (formerly ''Journal für Ornithologie'') is a
scientific journal
In academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science, usually by reporting new research.
Content
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published by
Springer Science+Business Media
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Originally founded in 1842 in ...
on behalf of the
Deutsche Ornithologen-Gesellschaft. It was founded by
Jean Cabanis in 1853, becoming the official journal of the Deutsche Ornithologen-Gesellschaft in 1854.
The first issue was produced in January 1853 and Cabanis noted that although there were specialist journals in entomology and conchology that there was nothing to deal with ornithology in Germany. Among the first essays published in the journal, was an essay by
Reichenbach Reichenbach may refer to:
Places Austria
* Reichenbach (Litschau), a part of Litschau
* Reichenbach (Rappottenstein), a part of Rappottenstein
Germany
* Reichenbach (Oberlausitz), in Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis district, Saxony
* Rei ...
on the concept of species.
According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2012
impact factor of 1.632.
See also
*
List of ornithology journals
References
External links
*
Pre-1923 scanned issues
Journals and magazines relating to birding and ornithology
Quarterly journals
Springer Science+Business Media academic journals
Publications established in 1853
English-language journals
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