''The Nautilus'' is a

peer-reviewed Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work (peers). It functions as a form of self-regulation by qualified members of a profession within the relevant field. Peer review ...

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 Articles in scientific journals are mostly written by active scientists such as s ...

covering research in

malacology Malacology is the branch of invertebrate zoology that deals with the study of the Mollusca (mollusks or molluscs), the second-largest phylum of animals in terms of described species after the arthropods. Mollusks include snails and slugs, clams, ...

. Hence its scope includes all aspects of the biology, ecology, and systematics of mollusks."THE NAUTILUS A Quarterly Devoted to Malacology"
. accessed 19 April 2011. The first two volumes were published by shell trader

William D. Averell William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conqu ...

(1853-1928) under the name ''The Conchologists’ Exchange''.Leal J. H. (2006). "Celebrating a long life: The Nautilus turns 120!". ''The Nautilus'' 120(1): 1-7
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From 1958 to 1972, the subtitle of ''The Nautilus'' was "The Pilsbry Quarterly devoted to the Interests of Conchologists". Since 1999, its publication is partly sponsored by Florida's Division of Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts since 2002.(2002). ''The Nautilus'' 116(1)
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Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed by Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts, Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, Current Contents, Science Citation Index, and The Zoological Record. According to the '' Journal Citation Reports'', its 2019 impact factor is 1.00.

Name

The name of the journal is taken from the common name and scientific name of the shelled

cephalopod A cephalopod is any member of the molluscan class Cephalopoda (Greek plural , ; "head-feet") such as a squid, octopus, cuttlefish, or nautilus. These exclusively marine animals are characterized by bilateral body symmetry, a prominent head ...

, the nautilus.

Editors

Editors of ''The Nautilus'' included notable malacologists: *

(1853–1928), editor and business manager (1886–1889) * Charles Willison Johnson (1863–1932), business manager (1890–1932) *

Henry Augustus Pilsbry Henry Augustus Pilsbry (7 December 1862 – 26 October 1957) was an American biologist, malacologist and carcinologist, among other areas of study. He was a dominant presence in many fields of invertebrate taxonomy for the better part of a centu ...

(1862–1957), editor (1889–1957) * Horace Burrington Baker (1889–1971), editor (1958–1968), business manager since 1932 * Charles B. Wurtz (1916–1982), editor since 1958 * Robert Tucker Abbott (1919–1995), editor (1968–1995) * Myroslaw George Harasewych (born 1949), editor (1985–1998) *

José H. Leal José H. Leal is a Brazilian-born malacologist residing in the United States since 1984. Between 1996 and 2013 he was the executive director of the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum, in Sanibel Island, Florida, and he is currently the science ...

(born 1952), managing editor (1997), editor (1998–present)

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