''Archiv für Molluskenkunde'' is a

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published by the Senckenberg Nature Research Society, covering research in

malacology Malacology, from Ancient Greek μαλακός (''malakós''), meaning "soft", and λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study", is the branch of invertebrate zoology that deals with the study of the Mollusca (molluscs or mollusks), the second-largest ...

Coverage

''Archiv für Molluskenkunde'' publishes original research on all aspects of molluscan

biodiversity Biodiversity is the variability of life, life on Earth. It can be measured on various levels. There is for example genetic variability, species diversity, ecosystem diversity and Phylogenetics, phylogenetic diversity. Diversity is not distribut ...

, mostly on

systematics Systematics is the study of the diversification of living forms, both past and present, and the relationships among living things through time. Relationships are visualized as evolutionary trees (synonyms: phylogenetic trees, phylogenies). Phy ...

taxonomy image:Hierarchical clustering diagram.png, 280px, Generalized scheme of taxonomy Taxonomy is a practice and science concerned with classification or categorization. Typically, there are two parts to it: the development of an underlying scheme o ...

phylogeny A phylogenetic tree or phylogeny is a graphical representation which shows the evolutionary history between a set of species or Taxon, taxa during a specific time.Felsenstein J. (2004). ''Inferring Phylogenies'' Sinauer Associates: Sunderland, M ...

and morphology, also accepting research on the

ecology Ecology () is the natural science of the relationships among living organisms and their Natural environment, environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community (ecology), community, ecosystem, and biosphere lev ...

and

biogeography Biogeography is the study of the species distribution, distribution of species and ecosystems in geography, geographic space and through evolutionary history of life, geological time. Organisms and biological community (ecology), communities o ...

of all groups of molluscs, both living and

fossil A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserve ...

(

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only). Articles are published in English.

History

''Archiv für Molluskenkunde'' derives from the ''Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft'' 'Newsletter of the German Malacological Society'' first published in 1868. Hence it is the oldest malacological journal still publishing. The name changed in 1921, but the numbering of volumes runs continuously between the titles. The parent society transferred ownership of the journal to the Senckenberg Nature Research Society in 1936 in order to avoid government (

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) interference. Senckenberg subsidises the journal and its museum curators act as editors.

Journal ranking scores

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(2019) = 0.966. CiteScore (2020) = 1.4;

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(2019) = 0.522; SNIP (2019) = 1.078.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed by

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(SCIE), Aquaculture and Fisheries Resources, Aquatic Biology, Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts, Biological Abstracts (Biosis Philadelphia),

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, Fish and Fisheries Worldwide (FFW), GEOBASE,

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and

Zoological Record ''The Zoological Record'' (''ZR'') is an electronic index of zoological literature that also serves as the unofficial register of scientific names in zoology. It was started as a print publication in 1864 by the Zoological Society of London, ...

References

External links

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Journal page at Senckenberg

Early volumes at Biodiversity Heritage Library
{{DEFAULTSORT:Archiv fÜr Molluskenkunde Malacology journals Biannual journals Publications established in 1868 Academic journals associated with learned and professional societies E. Schweizerbart academic journals 1868 establishments in the North German Confederation