The ''Journal of Ornithology'' (formerly ''Journal für Ornithologie'') is a
scientific journal
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published by
Springer Science+Business Media
Springer Science+Business Media, commonly known as Springer, is a German multinational publishing company of books, e-books and peer-reviewed journals in science, humanities, technical and medical (STM) publishing.
Originally founded in 1842 in ...
on behalf of the
Deutsche Ornithologen-Gesellschaft The German Ornithologists' Society (since 2024 , until then ) was founded in 1850, and is one of the world's oldest existing scientific societies. Its goal is to support and further scientific ornithology in Germany
Germany, officially the F ...
. It was founded by
Jean Cabanis
Jean Louis Cabanis (8 March 1816 – 20 February 1906) was a German ornithologist. He worked at the bird collections of the Natural History Museum in Berlin becoming its first curator of birds in 1850. He founded the ''Journal für Ornithologie ...
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 on the concept of species.
According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2012
impact factor
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The Impact Factor of a journa ...
of 1.632.
See also
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List of ornithology journals
The following is a list of notable journals and magazines relating to birding and ornithology. The continent and country columns give the location where the journal or magazine is published and may not correspond with its scope or content.
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References
External links
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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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